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As Vermont lawmakers start their annual budget-making process, the Green Mountain Care Board (GMCB) has outlined its second year of work as it helps guide the state towards a publicly financed single payer healthcare system by 2017.
Mobile health is one of the more transformative developments in healthcare, according to Patricia Abbott, associate professor of nursing at the University of Michigan, School of Nursing, Division of Nursing Business and Health Systems. "The real winners will be the ones who grab on in the front end, and don't wait," she says.
FORTUNE magazine released its annual list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For. This year, 12 companies in the healthcare industry made the list and a few of them shared some insights with Healthcare Finance News on why employees enjoy working for them.
Collaborative efforts, including tracking Medicaid beneficiaries who frequently use emergency departments and adopting electronic tracking systems to exchange patient information, are among the ways states can cut Medicaid costs, according to a new report by the Washington Health Care Authority (HCA).
Richard S. Foster is retiring this week after 18 years as the chief actuary for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. He recently sat down to discuss the highs and lows of his career with Mary Agnes Carey of Kaiser Health News.
A recent study published in the Journal of Nursing Care Quality found that improvement is needed when it comes to the participation levels of newly-registered nurses in hospital quality improvement levels.
Medical device manufacturers are shifting the cost of the 2.3 percent device tax, which went into effect on Jan. 1 as part of the Affordable Care Act, to hospitals and other healthcare providers, the Healthcare Supply Chain Association alleged on Friday.
The Miami Beach Community Health Center (MBCHC) is suing its former accountants for failing to reveal a $6.8 million "theft" by its former chief executive officer.
A bipartisan bill introduced by representatives D. Phillip Roe, MD, (R-Tenn.) and Allyson Schwartz (D-Pa.) and with the support of numerous provider groups, seeks for a second time to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB).
The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) announced Thursday that it is conducting its latest online ICD-10 industry progress survey. The survey has a closing date of Feb. 20.