News
Two percent cuts may not sound deep, but the sequester, scheduled to start March 1 unless Congress acts, will be painful, and has the healthcare industry worried.
The Department of Health and Human Services has published final rules for essential health benefits and several other policies, clarifying rules on mental health benefits.
For the last 10 years, the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers (CCHP), in Camden, N.J., has worked with local healthcare providers, hospitals and physician practices to improve quality, care coordination and costs by focusing on what the organization calls "superusers" and the high-cost "hot spots" in the city.
U.S. healthcare prices increased in January 2013, rising 0.2 percent over December 2012 prices, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
A new report released Feb. 19 recognizes the nation's top hospitals and cities for hospital care based on in-hospital mortality rates.
Consumers in many instances face higher health insurance premiums than the price originally quoted them on their plan applications, according to new analysis from insurance-comparison website HealthPocket.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that state and local government-owned corporations are not always immune from federal antitrust laws, allowing the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to continue its challenge of a merger by two health systems owned by a Georgia county hospital authority.
The New Jersey Hospital Association is expanding an innovative "gainsharing" pilot program designed to improve healthcare efficiency and reduce costs by promoting better coordination and collaboration among New Jersey hospitals and physicians.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed several dozen regulatory updates to Medicare Advantage and Part D prescription drug plans, covering cost sharing, minimum loss ratios, risk adjustment, payment methodologies and other policies.
Most employers have not studied or calculated the impact of the Affordable Care Act on overall employee benefit packages.