Healthcare Finance Staff
Economic growth is expected to continue in the United States throughout the remainder of 2011, say the nation's purchasing and supply executives in their spring 2011 Semiannual Economic Forecast.
Texas-based LifeCare Holdings has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of the HealthSouth Corporation's long-term acute care hospitals (LTACHs) for $120 million.
The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration faces a tight deadline to get a Medicaid waiver as it looks to transition Medicaid to a managed care program.
Mitt Romney has outlined his new health plan. He outlined five key steps in an op-ed in USAToday. Here is a summary: Step 1: Give states the responsibility, flexibility and resources to care for citizens who are poor, uninsured or chronically ill. Step 2: Reform the tax code to promote the individual ownership of health insurance.
Health Plan of Michigan has announced a patient-centered medical home incentive program that encourages providers to become PCMHs by providing financial assistance during the practice certification phase.
A new audit released Monday by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has brought physician billing for home health services into the spotlight.
HearUSA, a national hearing care provider network, is selling its assets to an affiliate of a Danish hearing care company to pull the company out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
An analysis of Medicare by the Department of Health and Human Services shows changes implemented under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will save more than $120 billion over the next five years.
The draft proposals for measures for meaningful use Stage 2 are taking shape. The panel has incorporated more emphasis on making the patient an active participant in healthcare and more exchange of health information as central to a number of the objectives.
Ventas has completed its $3.1 billion acquisition of 118 private-pay senior housing communities of the privately-owned Atria Senior Living Group. Ventas had announced the acquisition in October 2010.