Capital Finance
If you think calculating the true cost of the ICD-10 transition will be easy, think again.
As the annual benefit planning season draws near, hospitals are facing some of the same struggles over fine-tuning their plans as other employers trying to meet the requirements of the Affordable Care Act.
Not yet in plentiful usage in the U.S., social impact bonds backing healthcare projects could improve care outcomes and reduce costs.
In this clip from Health Datapalooza IV, panelists Farzad Mostashari, Dick Foster and Uwe Reinhardt discuss whether or not the private sector is beginning to match government investment in health IT.
The innumerable amount of healthcare startups need funding to grow. One emerging option is crowd funding.
Medical claims denials are a hassle and can lead to financial difficulties and yet so many of them can be easily avoided.
Richard Bracken, CEO and chairman of Hospital Corporation of America, will be retiring as CEO at the end of the year.
As healthcare delivery and reimbursement models transition to ensuring quality care versus quantity of care, some sectors of the healthcare industry will benefit more than others.
Wellpoint said its solid financial results were due to taming medical cost increases in its employer-based business and benefiting from the Medicaid operations in its recent Amerigroup transaction.
As Medicaid enrollment continues to grow, the financial sustainability of the risk-based managed care model is being tested.