Chris Anderson
A new report finds the number of employers with on-site health clinics continues to grow in the face of health reform as companies seek ways to make employees more productive while they also attempt to take more control over their healthcare spending.
Community Health Systems, one of the largest publicly-traded hospital systems in the country, and Cleveland Clinic have announced a strategic alliance aimed at allowing the two organizations to share clinical information to improve care and operational efficiency.
With 30 million new customers who will be shopping for and buying insurance products starting in October, health insurance companies need to finds ways to change their business model to one that is more focused on the consumer, as opposed to their traditional business-to-business relationships. Jean-Pierre Stephan, management consulting lead for the Health Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Practice at Accenture, recently spoke to Healthcare Finance News Senior Editor Chris Anderson about the challenges awaiting insurers as they make this transition.
An early February bill introduced in the House by Reps. Allyson Schwartz (D-Penn.) and Joe Heck, MD, (R-Nev.) has once again raised hopes that the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula payment model for Medicare can finally be repealed.
A new series of data briefs prepared by Avalere Health and released by the SCAN Foundation show that seniors enrolled in traditional Medicare who suffer from severe mental illness (SMI) and substance abuse disorder (SUD) cost the program an average of five times more than those without SMI in 2010.
Tenet Healthcare yesterday reported a net income of $49 million or $0.45 per share for the fourth quarter of 2012, compared with a loss of $76 million, in the fourth quarter last year. The company attributed its positive results to both increased inpatient and outpatient visits.
Data released by human resources services and staffing company Randstad shows that healthcare workers' confidence in the strength of the economy and the availability of jobs increased in the fourth quarter of 2012.
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows a significant decline in central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs), but Consumers Union says more needs to be done, since the report also suggests most hospitals have not made significant overall infection improvements in five years.
A bill introduced in the House this week by Reps. Allyson Schwartz (D-Penn.) and Joe Heck, MD, (R-Nev.) has once again raised hopes that the sustainable growth rate formula (SGR) payment model for Medicare can finally be repealed.