Capital Finance
How consolidation and integration plays out will determine if providers or payers have more influence on competition suggested experts at a conference last week sponsored by America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP).
Financial firms will build investment pieces around companies that develop solutions for transparency, outcomes, prices and care coordination, the macro themes around health reform.
There is plenty of disagreement regarding the ROI of workplace wellness programs, but some evidence suggests the savings are there in the long run.
Community Health Systems, based in Franklin, Tenn., recently announced that their net operating revenues for the first three months of 2013 increased despite a drop in admissions.
Even as studies from the Obesity journal to the Journal of Applied Physiology have shown that sitting is bad for your health, many employers -- even healthcare-related ones -- balk at the costs of non-traditional office furniture like treadmill desks.
As hospital construction has held steady during the downturn, more administrators and healthcare leaders are weighing the benefits of patient-centered design.
The healthcare industry is on notice: Fraud recoveries in the healthcare sector are on the rise and whistle-blowers are the biggest weapon in the fight against fraud.
In a session Monday at the American Telemedicine Association's 18th Annual International Meeting & Trade Show titled "The Telemedicine Value Proposition: ROI & Sustainability," Watson laid out the numbers, so far, for UPMC's forays into virtual care since 2009.
A panel of telemedicine industry executives took on the topic of user-friendly design Monday afternoon at the American Telemedicine Association's18th Annual International Meeting & Trade Show. Their conclusion: Healthcare needs to design new methods of care delivery that appeal to the consumer.
The American Telemedicine Association's finance and operations track during its annual meeting in Austin, Texas, sets out to give conference attendees a better understanding of telemedicine's return on investment and efficiencies.