Healthcare Finance Staff
Five unionized nursing centers in Connecticut operated by HealthBridge Management LLC are filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, just as several hundred striking employees are set to return to work under a court order.
An accountable care initiative comprising Philadelphia-based insurer Independence Blue Cross, local provider group Abington Health and St. Lous-based tech firm Lumeris, will be among the first of its kind in greater Philadelphia, with doctors having a 360-degree view of a patient's care across specialists and physicians, hospitals and clinics from all networks.
As another governor changed his mind on expanding Medicaid coverage last week, the Department of Health and Human Services awarded $300 million in Medicaid demonstration grants to Arkansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oregon and Vermont -- the last two arguably having the most ambitious redesigned policies.
The Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) announced this week that it will establish a new working group to support the White House Cybersecurity Executive Order.
What does the average American doctor think about health information exchange technologies, a few years into the federal government's health IT incentive program?
From toothbrushes that do more than brush teeth to mobile platforms that help users transition from the hospital to the home or the home to the assisted living, 14 entrepreneurs with innovative digital health ideas have been named to Rock Health's most recent graduating class.
Perched by a computer monitor wedged between shelves of cough drops and the pharmacy in a bustling Walmart, Mohamed Khader taps out answers to questions such as how often he eats vegetables, whether anyone in his family has diabetes and his age.
For the last 10 years, the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers (CCHP), in Camden, N.J., has worked with local healthcare providers, hospitals and physician practices to improve quality, care coordination and costs by focusing on what the organization calls "superusers" and the high-cost "hot spots" in the city.
The Department of Health and Human Services has published final rules for essential health benefits and several other policies, clarifying rules on mental health benefits.
Consumers in many instances face higher health insurance premiums than the price originally quoted them on their plan applications, according to new analysis from insurance-comparison website HealthPocket.