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The changing healthcare landscape and the increased need for hospital-physician alignment will lead to an acceleration of physicians leaving private practice in favor of hospital-based employment according to two recent market reports.
President Obama's administration said Friday that it will stop accepting applications for waivers from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's minimum coverage requirements after September 22, 2011.
An American Medical Association (AMA) vote to continue a policy supporting individual responsibility for health insurance and assistance for those who cannot afford it, drew immediate opposition from the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS).
UnitedHealthcare is suing the Department of Defense over the loss of its TRICARE South Region contract. The health insurance company has been fighting for reinstatement of the contract it was originally awarded in 2009 but lost last February.
Healthcare facility administrators and physicians report that the most serious obstacle they face in forming accountable care organizations (ACOs) is physician interest, according to a new survey.
Walgreens has announced that it plans to sever its relationship with Express Scripts pharmacy provider network, turning away from more than $5 billion in annual revenue.
Many predictions were made early in 2011 about the issues that would challenge healthcare finance leaders this year. Does your experience bear them out?
An owner of a Houston healthcare company pled guilty Monday in connection with a $654,227 Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS).
When the United States economy was dominated by farming and manufacturing work, the motivational emphasis was on getting paid for more output: The more widgets you produced, the more money you earned, but that employment model is on the downswing, says Tim Kilpatrick, a revenue cycle consultant with Dell Services.
Materials management executives continue to be concerned about the financial health of their facilities according to a survey released by healthcare supply contracting company, Novation. The current economic environment and increasing industry demands are the executives' biggest worries.