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Jon Krieger, managing director at investment bank Berkery Noyes, managed healthcare IT firm Healthx's majority recapitalization, which the company undertook in preparation for the swift market growth it anticipates. He spoke recently with Healthcare Finance News Editor René Letourneau about the transaction and its implications for the mergers and acquisitions market.
What is keeping biomedical CEOs up at night in California? According to a new survey, it's lack of capital and stringent FDA regulations that threaten to stunt the growth of the industry.
What exactly does it cost to do business? The question dogs healthcare finance professionals. The answer – or at least the medical device supply-chain piece of it – is within reach, according to a new case study on the use of the Perfect Order metric and GS1 bar code standards.
A report published last month in the journal Health Affairs showed that 94.2 percent of the non-elderly population in Massachusetts had health insurance, a significant increase from the 86.6 percent who were insured prior to the state's health reforms.
Building on what it has learned over the past few years in numerous patient-centered medical home pilots, WellPoint announced in late January plans to increase primary care physician reimbursements by 10 percent, a move the company believes will create healthier members and significant future healthcare savings.
The Florida Chapter of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) has been taken up a fight against Medicare pre-payment audits first announced by the state's Medicare Administrative Contractor, Jacksonville, Fla.-based First Coast Service Options.
When Wes Bledsoe the co-founder of Oklahoma City-based citizen’s advocacy group, A Perfect Cause, gets into heated discussions about allowing sex offenders to reside in nursing homes, he is not above using shock value to get his point across. “Put them in day care centers with children,” he says.
With the number of audits on the rise and a controversial expansion looming, the National Recovery Audit Contractor program - the government's effort to cut down Medicare overpayments, errors and fraud - is at the forefront this year for healthcare administrators.
One of the solutions consistently offered to the problems of increasing healthcare costs and the shortage of primary care physicians is allowing advance practice registered nurses (APRNs), such as nurse practitioners, to practice independently. States considering such legislation are finding it's a hotly debated issue that often pits APRNs against physicians.
The recently released report, "The Financial Impact of Breached Protected Health Information: A Business Case for Enhanced PHI Security," highlights the need for organizations to adopt a new method to evaluate the value of PHI, said the leaders of the PHI Project. Along with a five-step method featured in the report, six additional findings help stakeholders understand the influences behind finances and breached PHI.