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Trying to preserve an affiliation deal, insurer Highmark is seeking a temporary restraining order to prevent West Penn Allegheny Health System from "starting affiliation/acquisition discussions with other organizations."
Humana inks 16-county Medicaid managed care deal in Kentucky; South Carolina to add 65,000 children to Medicaid; and Arkansas launches new Medicaid initiative in this week's Medicaid Digest.
The Medicare Strike Force unsealed indictments against 91 people in seven different cities who are accused of fraudulent billing to Medicare to the tune of $429.2 million.
Kaiser Permanente's longtime chief executive officer and chairman, George Halvorson, announced Thursday his plans to retire in December 2013. The nonprofit health system that he has helmed since 2002 is beginning a search for his replacement.
Healthcare added 44,000 jobs to the nation's economy in September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Transitions in care can have significant financial impact on healthcare organizations. As technology improves and business paradigms shift, organizations have an opportunity to reduce costs and improve care quality. However, challenges await: it's not easy to make improvements in care transitions.
Donations to U.S. nonprofit hospitals and healthcare systems grew 8.2 percent last year, totaling $8.941 billion, said a report released this week by the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy.
From intake to the back end, healthcare providers need a revenue cycle management system that will provide a seamless workflow for each episode of care. From the moment a patient registers in the facility, it is imperative that the correct information follow along each point of care so that accurate billing information can be processed and sent, RCM vendors say.
When it comes to healthcare and compliance, providers have more concerns than ever before and many are looking at the overall effectiveness of their compliance program.
Venture capital (VC) funding in the life sciences sector, which includes the biotechnology and medical device industries, decreased 39 percent in dollars and 22 percent in number of deals in Q2 2012 compared with Q2 2011, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers' recent MoneyTree report. Many industry analysts think this downward trend is likely to continue.