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Just before the nationwide PBS release of his new documentary, “U.S. Health Care: the Good News,” author T.R. Reid talked to Associate Editor Stephanie Bouchard about the documentary and the healthcare issues facing the nation. Here is an excerpt from that February conversation. Go to www.healthcarefinancenews.com to read our two-part series.
At America’s Health Insurance Plans’ Policy Summit last mong, it was impossible not to hear the theme and message AHIP leadership wanted everyone to eat, sleep and breathe: underlying hospital and group medical practice costs are rising too quickly and insurance plans are merely the conduit for how these costs are passed on to the public.
In its recently released Drug Price Forecast, supply contracting services company Novation projected an estimated weighted drug price inflation of 1.36 percent in the cost of pharmaceuticals from July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013 in acute care hospital settings. The forecast is based on purchase history and data associated with Novation Pharmacy Program participant healthcare organizations.
Under the new rules established in the Affordable Care Act, hospitals and healthcare facilities now have much greater financial exposure to provider licensing violations.
It seems the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services can’t ever get on the right side of the ICD-10 issue. For years it resisted calls to delay the planned implementation date of Oct. 1, 2013, as folks in the industry grappled with overlapping health IT priorities. Now that HHS finally relented, it faces the wrath of healthcare companies who bought into the deadline and have made significant progress toward implementation.
January was a record month for healthcare merger and acquisition activity with 95 deals worth a combined total of $17.2 billion being transacted, according to a recent report from healthcare M&A data publisher Irving Levin Associates.
There are many "first woman to" accomplishments on Christine Cassel's resume but she is best known as an expert on geriatric medicine and a proponent of professional certification.
In a story worthy of a prime time serial drama, Highmark Inc. on April 1, fired its CEO Kenneth Melani, MD, for "cause" just four days after Melani was arrested for assaulting the estranged husband of a Highmark employee with whom Melani has allegedly been having an affair.
In a story worthy of a prime time serial drama, Highmark Inc. on Sunday fired its CEO Kenneth Melani, MD, for "cause" just four days after Melani was arrested for assaulting the estranged husband of a Highmark employee with whom Melani has allegedly been having an affair.
The Health IT Policy Committee has concerns over some of the health information exchange requirements contained in the meaningful use Stage 2 proposed rule.