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The number of merger and acquisition transactions in the healthcare industry declined by nearly 10 percent in the third quarter of 2012 compared with the third quarter of 2011, according to a recent report from research and publishing firm Irving Levin Associates. Industry experts, however, do not believe it is a cause for major concern.
America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) announced Monday the launch of a new interactive iPad app. AHIP officials say the app, "U.S. Health Care Spending 101," is meant to provide policymakers and stakeholders with comprehensive healthcare spending data in an easy-to-use digital format.
In a deal that signals the increased interest in using clinical data to transform the delivery of healthcare, Deloitte Consulting announced Monday that it has acquired Newton, Mass.-based healthcare data warehousing and analytics firm Recombinant Data Corp.
According to Suzanne Menard, Revenue Cycle Director at Southern Maine Medical Center (SMMC), some of the most important keys to implementing a successful Point of Service (POS) collection program include clear objectives presented to all hospital committees and comprehensive training programs for involved staff members.
At the same time the government is encouraging healthcare providers, doctors and insurance companies to digitize healthcare information, the landscape for attacking that info is increasing dramatically. One industry insider provides seven tips for how to prevent a data breach.
The House Republican plan to repeal President Barack Obama's health law and turn Medicaid into a block grant program would save the federal government $1.7 trillion from 2013 to 2022, a 38-percent spending reduction, according to a recent report by the Urban Institute for the Kaiser Family Foundation.
A new report finds that the uncertainty caused by a congressional history of last-minute reprieves from Medicare sustainable growth rate (SGR) payment cuts has held back physician practices from participating in new Medicare payment and delivery models.
National Medicaid enrollment, spending down; Pennsylvania to allow 100K families booted from Medicaid back into program; and South Carolina's enrollment projection may be too low in this week's Medicaid Digest.
Citing continued sluggish increases in healthcare utilization, Aetna yesterday posted a third quarter profit of $523.2 million, or $1.55 per share, a per share increase of 11 percent over the third quarter of 2011 when the company posted profits of $1.40 per share.
Health plans are heading toward 100 percent participation in accountable care organizations (ACOs), according to a new study, with 78 percent of respondents already part of one, and 22 percent planning to participate in one. This is all leading to a scramble for health IT.