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Eleven states have received $1.5 billion more in grants from the Health and Human Services Department to support their creation of health insurance exchanges, which must be ready in October for enrollment season.
As healthcare providers brace themselves for big changes to reimbursement models, many are taking a conservative approach to their capital budgets. As a result, capital spending in 2013 will likely be flat or slightly down compared to 2012, predict experts at several healthcare group purchasing organizations.
Every once in a while, someone writes an article or column blaming doctors for rising healthcare costs. Timothy Norbeck, a 46-year veteran of championing physicians, has seen such finger pointing many times, but a recent article teed him off enough to write a white paper examining the drivers of healthcare costs.
The most eagerly awaited -- if not anxiety-laden -- set of regulations in the healthcare spectrum arrived late Thursday: HHS issued modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules.
Highmark Inc., West Penn Allegheny Health System and a selected number of West Penn bondholders announced on Wednesday they had reached a financial settlement that would allow for a reduction in the debt load of the WPAHS and allow the proposed merger of Highmark and ailing health system to proceed.
HHS issued modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules late Thursday. The four-part final rule is designed to enhance patients' privacy rights and increase HHS' ability to enforce security protections.
Ahead of oral arguments over pharmaceutical patent settlements in the Supreme Court, a Federal Trade Commission report has found that 2012 saw a record 40 "reverse payment" settlements between branded and generic pharmaceutical companies, up from 28 the year before.
Universal American Corp. announced Friday that its subsidiary, Collaborative Health Systems (CHS), has partnered with 15 additional groups of physicians to form accountable care organizations (ACOs), approved to participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program.
In a recent report released by the Leapfrog Group and published in Health Affairs, researchers found that there hasn't been a lot of progress over the years when it comes to hospitals meeting certain safety standards.
With the Affordable Care Act surviving the Supreme Court ruling and the presidential election, healthcare M&A will be robust in 2013 as investors feel less uncertain about the fate of the reform legislation, analysts predicted Thursday during a live webcast hosted by research and publishing firm Irving Levin Associates.