Community Benefit
Large employers are rethinking their retiree healthcare strategy as a result of federal healthcare reform, according to Aon Hewitt, a global human resource consulting and outsourcing business of Aon Corporation.
One day after converting its hostile takeover bid to an all-cash offer of $6 per share for Tenet Healthcare, Community Health Systems filed a motion in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Tenet accusing CHS of improper Medicare billing.
A new survey shows one in six employers favor a federally funded universal healthcare system.
The Boston-based telehealth provider creates a portal that will allow physicians to meet ACO guidelines, find an ROI in text messages and e-mails and consider concierge medicine and online consultations.
Health insurance provider Highmark plans to launch a two-year, patient-centered medical home pilot project.
The Tenet Healthcare Corporation has received a revised proposal from Community Health Systems to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Tenet for $6 per share in cash.
Two owners of a seven-location chain of mental health clinics have pled guilty in Miami District Court for their roles in a scheme that resulted in the submission of more than $200 million in fraudulent Medicare claims.
A bi-partisan bill introduced in the Senate and House seeks to remedy the complex and confusing rules for inpatient observation of Medicare beneficiaries.
The health of workers in the United States is declining, and employers spend about $670 in healthcare costs per worker every year, according to Thomson Reuters' newly released U.S. Workforce Wellness Index.
Union officials say more than 70 percent of the registered nurses of Boston's Tufts Medical Center voted Thursday night to authorize a 24-hour strike over patient care conditions.