Capital Finance
For those of us with a touching faith in the ability of competition to control health care costs, a dispute in Pennsylvania provides a sobering warning, and a reminder of the power of near-monopoly in health care.
The National Science Foundation granted $500,000 to Indiana University to fund research to better understand how technologies can assist underserved older adults as they age in place.
The Department of Health & Human Services announced Friday that rural health networks across the nation will receive more than $11.9 million to support their adoption of Health Information Technology (HIT) and certified Electronic Health Records (EHRs).
New medians data available from FY 2010 illustrate current challenges faced by the U.S. not-for-profit healthcare sector and support the reasons for the sector's ongoing negative rating outlook, says Moody's Investors Service in a new report.
KeyBridge Medical Revenue Management announced Tuesday that it will expand its footprint into the Indiana market.
Inpatient rehabilitation operator, HealthSouth, is realigning its hospitals into six regions in order to position itself for future expansion.
Alexian Brothers Health System is a perfect example of a system that has focused on improving quality and has saved tremendous costs in the process.
We asked our Healthcare Finance News social media followers to respond to a Dan Woods blog post about the hidden costs of providing healthcare. From LinkedIn to Twitter, followers seemed to agree with Woods' statements, also offering their own two cents.
Two prominent healthcare organizations are seeking subscription-based affiliations with single-specialty practices to build their outpatient networks at a time when hospital-based revenues are declining. The decision may also be seen as laying the first blocks of a foundation for an accountable care organization.
These MRI audits are the infamous “Semi-Automated Reviews” that first showed up this past spring. The facts appear to be a way for the RACs to circumvent the ADR limits, which were recently changed, but only for the smaller providers.