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Eye care company Bausch + Lomb is being purchased by one of Canada's largest pharmaceutical companies, Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, for $8.7 billion the two companies announced on Monday.
Panelists at the Wireless-Life Sciences Alliance's Convergence Summit say there is no ideal business plan for entrepreneurs wanting to get into the digital health space, but what is required is patience and knowing what consumers need.
The bidding war to purchase Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif. ended last week when its current owner, Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth (SCL) Health System in Denver, announced it plans to sell the hospital to another Catholic chain, Providence Health & Services, located in southern California.
The Nebraska state auditor has found what he calls "gross mismanagement" in the state's Medicaid Health Insurance Premium Payment Program (HIPP), with the state Department of Health and Human Services "flagrantly disregard(ing) its own regulations."
In Lessons Learned: Stories from Women in Medical Management (American College of Physician Executives, $25), editor and author Deborah Shlian, a former family practice physician, compiled and edited the stories of two dozen women physicians who hold leadership positions in a variety of healthcare fields. She spoke to Healthcare Finance News about her book.
The Medicare trust fund would be quite a few billion dollars smaller without the contributions of immigrants -- especially those in the U.S. illegally, the source of fractious debate in current immigration reform legislation.
The Medicare trust fund would be quite a few billion dollars smaller without the contributions of immigrants -- especially those in the U.S. illegally, the source of fractious debate in current immigration reform legislation.
Final rule clarifies design of employee wellness programs and increases reward rate for outcome-based health programs.
The U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and the Treasury released on Wednesday final rules describing the standards for employment-based wellness programs and rewards associated with them as part of the Affordable Care Act.
Geographic Medicare costs disparities have more to do with health differences across communities than with inefficient care delivery, according to a new study from the Center for Studying Health System Change.