Capital Finance
According to a recent study of 54 hospitals across the country by Aon and the American Society of Healthcare Risk Management, 80 percent of hospital risk managers are now self-insuring their physicians.
athenahealth recently announced plans to purchase a 29-acre campus from Harvard University for $168.5 million. The deal is expected to close in Q2 2013.
With healthcare costs and chronic disease rates continually rising each year, it will only become more difficult for both employees and employers (who must pay to insure their employees) to keep up financially, which is why successful employee wellness programs are becoming an increasingly important asset in the workplace.
A new study reveals that financial risk plays a role in underuse of hospice care in the United States.
Employee wellness plans can be great cost savers for both health insurance companies and employers in the long run, but with new proposed rules and regulations around wellness plans set to begin on Jan. 1, 2014, employers and insurers are going to have to be careful about following more legal requirements.
The costs associated with treating morbidly obese patients continue to rise, according to a report released Monday by healthcare supply contracting firm Novation.
Healthcare reform is fundamentally changing the way hospitals are run. A combination of crushing costs, government edicts and fierce competition for the millions of newly insured patients that will result from federal healthcare legislation is putting the patient front and center.
Most folks think of care services when they think of hospices, but one enterprising hospice in Las Vegas is expanding its business model by venturing into mobile technology.
The number of mergers and acquisitions in the medical device sector has been steady over the past three and a half years, according to research and publishing firm Irving Levin Associates' new report The Medical Device Acquisition Report, Second Edition, 2012.
Talks between West Penn Allegheny Health System and Highmark resumed Monday just a couple of days after a judge ruled last week that Highmark had not breached the $475 million merger deal, effectively barring West Penn from negotiating a new deal with other companies.