Strategic Planning
Enthusiasm for gene therapy remains high this week at the annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, despite uneven clinical trials and uncertainty over pricing, according to published reports.
Meridian Health, a New Jersey-based nonprofit healthcare organization, has revamped its patient payer interface by partnering with Patientco, a patient revenue cycle technology company.
The American Medical Association has invested $15 million to become founding partner of Health2047, a high-tech incubator that will explore innovative solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing the nation's 1.1 million physicians and their patients.
A group of the largest for-profit hospitals in the United States reported an average of 2 percent growth in organic patient volumes in the third quarter of 2015, but showed little ability to translate that growth into higher operating margins, according to a Fitch Ratings report.
Aetna will leave America's Health Insurance Plans, becoming the second major insurer to leave the industry's largest trade group, according to a statement from the insurer.
Navigant Consulting has acquired revenue cycle-focused McKinnis Consulting Services for $49 million in cash and $3 million in common stock, the companies announced on Monday.
Duke LifePoint Healthcare on Monday took over Central Carolina Hospital and the Frye Regional Medical Center, two North Carolina hospitals previously owned by Tenet Healthcare Corp.
Tennessee-based LifePoint Health on Monday completed its acquisition of St. Francis Hospital, a Georgia-based hospital that has struggled financially.
When looking back at the the biggest news in healthcare in 2015, an informal survey of Healthcare Finance readers found no other contender even came close to defeating ICD-10 for the reign of top issue of the year.
When Northwell Health officially replaced the former North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System brand name on January 1, officials got an extra marketing boost when the first baby born in New York on New Year's Day was delivered at a Northwell hospital.