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By Healthcare Finance Staff | 08:13 am | November 25, 2014
The former chief financial officer of a now-closed Texas hospital is one step closer to a potential five years in federal prison after pleading guilty to wrongly claiming EHR incentive money.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 03:28 pm | November 24, 2014
The Sunshine State's largest health insurer is betting on a well-branded telehealth service with a retail experience.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:23 pm | November 24, 2014
A tension between transparency and trade secrets has surfaced in North Carolina, where the state's largest insurer believes a new disclosure law will have unintended consequences.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 11:16 am | November 24, 2014
The Obama administration took another step to close what many see as a health-law loophole that allows large employers to offer medical plans without hospital coverage and bars their workers from subsidies to buy their own insurance.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:20 pm | November 21, 2014
The Medicaid private option policies designed to insure low-income individuals through a more market-based system is showing early signs of success, but also hurdles.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:05 pm | November 20, 2014
Federal health officials and state exchange leaders may be pleased with enrollment and plan choices in many places, but long-term financing is a puzzle yet to be solved.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 10:16 am | November 20, 2014
Provider network controversies from the first Affordable Care Act enrollment are coming back to bite two large Blues in the second open enrollment, while raising questions about responsibility for consumer confusion.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 02:34 pm | November 19, 2014
California's experiment aimed at moving almost 500,000 low-income seniors and disabled people automatically into managed care has been rife with problems in its first six months, leading to widespread confusion, frustration and resistance.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:01 pm | November 19, 2014
Want to pay your health plan premiums while picking up medications, buying some batteries (or maybe a piece of chocolate) and getting a free cholesterol screening? Humana is betting that retail convenience will support its individual membership business.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 10:14 am | November 19, 2014
A new payer-led patient information exchange in California is getting ready to hit the ground running.