Healthcare Finance Staff

A new study from IDC Health Insights finds that more than half of health plans will invest in trigger-based communications, which use data analytics to detect a consumer's current status, and automatically initiate relevant communications, to prompt plan members to take health and wellness action.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has awarded a $111 million contract to Indianapolis-based National Government Services, Inc. to support the Next Generation Desktop (NGD) over the next five years.

Last week was a real roller coaster ride for Tenet Healthcare. On Tuesday, the Justice Department announced it was fining the hospital network $42.75 million to settle allegations it violated the False Claims Act; then on Thursday Tenet announced an agreement with HHS that would add $84 million to its coffers to correct Medicare underpayments.

Brian Burns, SVP of Health Care Services and Chief Contracting Officer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City discusses why the regional payer extended its existing PCMH model into broader health systems as opposed to encouraging an ACO model.

We finally have a new ICD-10 implementation deadline. After all the letters, changing the 2013 to 2014 seems pretty mundane. Is just an extra 12 months going to make a difference?

Thanks to former governor Mitt Romney, healthcare reform is working in Massachusetts. In fact, the state is number one in the nation for coverage because of the pivotal individual mandate he promoted.

The National Council on Aging and Humana Inc.'s Humana Cares have announced they will partner to pilot Stanford University's online Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP).

With the health reform law expected to impact state Medicaid in 2014, a lot of states are scrambling to get their ducks in order to handle the onslaught of new beneficiaries and claims.

The California Telehealth Network will expand telemedicine training and provide technical support for rural and medically underserved clinics and hospitals in California with a $700,000 from UnitedHealthcare, building on the $600,000 it donated in 2010.

A new study from HIMSS Analytics and Kroll Advisory Solutions shows that, a diligent focus on security compliance notwithstanding, healthcare providers are still badly lacking when it comes to privacy protections. In fact, data breaches have only increased in recent years.