Healthcare Finance Staff

A new study from Rand Corp. of the PROMETHEUS Payment project shows that bundling payments to providers as a means to cut healthcare costs is proving harder to accomplish than originally anticipated.

HMS Holdings Corp. announced Monday it will acquire privately held HealthDataInsights, which identifies and recoups improper payments for health plans and government payers, for approximately $400 million.

Louisiana Health Care Quality Forum (LHCQF) and Orion Health, Inc. announced Friday the launch of LaHIE, Louisiana's statewide health information exchange.

Siemens Healthcare announced Friday that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Yardley, Pa.-based MobileMD, Inc., a developer of health information exchange technology.

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) wants to better align the payment system for the program that coordinates care for dual-eligibles – beneficiaries eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid with the Medicare Advantage payment system.

North Shore–Long Island Jewish Health System has been awarded the most incentives – nearly $3.7 million – under a national pay-for-performance program, the system announced on Thursday.

Nearly one-in-three Americans have economized on healthcare consultations and more than one-quarter have found ways to reduce spending on medications due to the ongoing economic doldrums, according to a recent survey by Euro RSCG Worldwide.

The 178 “worst” hospitals in the United States care for more than twice the proportion of elderly minority and poor patients as the nation’s 122 “best” hospitals, where costs are lowest and quality highest.

Healthcare entities are falling behind recommended timelines for implementing the required ICD-10 code sets by the October 1, 2013 compliance date, according to a survey conducted by the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI).