Capital Finance
On the U.S. Department of Treasury's Go Direct campaign website is a countdown clock. It isn't counting down to the end of the Mayan calendar. And although some older adults may view the clock as ticking down to the end of the world as they know it, the Treasury Department and leaders of the long-term care industry say the deadline it's counting down to will begin a new era of increased efficiency and cost savings.
Those self-service kiosks that are often seen in supermarket pharmacies are becoming comprehensive health and wellness screening stations, thanks to SoloHealth.
Tenet Healthcare Corp. earlier this week reported second quarter net income of $42 million or 10 cents per diluted share for the quarter ending June 30, compared to $40 million or 8 cents per diluted share for the second quarter of 2011.
Thomas R. Green, CEO of Columbus, Ohio-based investment firm Lancaster Pollard recently discussed financing capital projects with Healthcare Finance News Editor René Letourneau.
Even as some governors vow to bow out of expanding their Medicaid programs in the wake of the Supreme Court upholding the Affordable Care Act, WellPoint Inc. announced July 9 it will acquire managed care company Amerigroup for $92 per share or roughly $4.9 billion.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Aug. 7 released an interim final rule for making healthcare claim payments electronically and describing adjustments to claim payments. The department expects this next step in the adoption of operating rules to save up to $9 billion over the next 10 years.
Memorial Medical Center in Port Lavaca, Texas, realized a $50,000 bump in revenue in just three months by optimizing the billing process.
Colorado pilot tests payment model to make behavioral health-primary care integration financially v…
Grand Junction, Colo., gets a lot of credit and attention as being home to pioneers in providing high-quality, low-cost healthcare. Healthcare leaders in the city of more than 58,000 are once again demonstrating their initiative.
The burgeoning mHealth field offers healthcare a wealth of opportunities to engage with patients and provide a satisfactory return on investment. But if mobile medical apps are going to stand any chance of survival -- with physicians as well as consumers -- they'll have to be able to integrate.
A new actuarial analysis of general and professional liability (GL/PL) claim costs for long-term care facilities offers good news and bad news. The good news first: frequency of claims is neither increasing nor decreasing. The bad news: the severity of claims is increasing steadily.