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In today’s healthcare environment, providers must carefully balance the need to control costs against their mission to deliver the highest quality care.
Premium rates published by a number of states for health insurance exchange plans appear to be lower than originally expected, but experts anticipate it won’t last.
Hospitals, universities, Indian tribes, patient advocacy groups and local food banks were among organizations awarded $67 million in federal grants in August to help people sign up for coverage in new online health insurance exchanges that open for enrollment Oct. 1.
When it comes to hospital construction and design, the decisions around what is built and how it's built all have significant impact on not only an organization's bottom line, but also the quality of care given to patients.
Too often healthcare providers find themselves handicapped when it comes to optimizing business processes because their primary mission is care, and business comes second.
Patient Safety First has helped California hospitals avoid 3,576 deaths and more than $63 million in unnecessary hospital costs between 2009 and 2012.
Accountable care organizations have the potential to slow health spending growth and improve quality of care but regulating them poses challenges related to competition.
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.
Despite the regular news that the healthcare industry is adding jobs, the pressures of mergers and acquisitions, declining reimbursements and the fears over national healthcare reform have led to several recent announcements of layoffs, which is putting a greater focus on outplacement services for healthcare workers – a service not traditionally used by doctors, nurses and senior staff.
Hospitals across the country are challenged more than ever to reduce costs without sacrificing quality of care. While the success of others can offer a guide, the true solutions for your challenges already live inside your hospital.