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By Frank Irving | 11:27 am | July 01, 2013
Physician residents and fellows are starting their job searches earlier finds a new survey released by Cejka Executive Search.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 10:39 am | July 01, 2013
Insurer Highmark and its provider partner Allegheny Health Network will invest $11 million in the creation of the Disruptive Health Technology Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, in a collaboration to come up with breakthroughs to make health care more affordable, simplified and accessible.
By Anthony Brino | 10:32 am | July 01, 2013
A study comparing hospital costs for one of the most common surgeries suggests that it's more expensive when paid for by workers' compensation than by group insurance.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 05:07 pm | June 28, 2013
Patient engagement and accountable care mean payers and providers have to collaborate on change and also to help patients rethink health and health care -- including death and the quest for a good one.
By Rodney J. Moore | 02:10 pm | June 28, 2013
A recent study of more than 400 employees in professional and administrative occupations found that there is an optimum level of workaholism for achieving job effectiveness and positive health but extremes are dangerous.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:09 pm | June 28, 2013
The Obama administration on June 26 issued a final rule allowing all American Indians and Alaska Natives who are eligible to receive services from an Indian healthcare provider to receive an exemption from the shared responsibility payment if they do not maintain minimum essential coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:36 pm | June 28, 2013
When Aetna asked people from three generations -- Millennials, Generation Xers and Baby Boomers -- which was the healthiest, nearly half of the respondents from each group said their generation.
By Kevin Fuller | 11:33 am | June 28, 2013
When hospitals look at their bottom lines, staff is typically one of the casualties. However, experts say being understaffed can ultimately cost a hospital.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 11:31 am | June 28, 2013
The first study comparing hospital costs for one of the most common surgeries suggests that it's more expensive when paid for by workers compensation than by group insurance.
By Diana Manos | 10:50 am | June 28, 2013
An FDA request for proof of a mobile product's clearance sets off latest debate, while a lot of 'money is sitting on the sidelines,' around the expected October release of FDA mobile health regulations.