Henry Powderly
Healthcare Corp. of America this week said it will add 14 urgent care centers in Las Vegas to its network with the acquisition of the Nevada operations of Urgent Care Extra.
Two health plans in Michigan, HealthPlus of Michigan and Health Alliance Plan, said on Monday they plan to merge, forming one of the largest plans in the state while bailing out the struggling HealthPlus business.
Healthcare services company MedAssets will be sold to Pamplona Capital Management in a $2.7 billion deal that will boost its revenue cycle business and result in its group purchasing organization being sold off, the companies announced Monday.
AmSurg on Monday afternoon said it has withdrawn its higher cash offer for TeamHealth, blaming TeamHealth board members for failing to engage with the company. Earlier in the day, AmSurg has said TeamHealth had until Tuesday to respond to the offer.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Friday released final rule governing how physicians are paid, raising the total payments under the physician fee schedule by 0.5 percent and setting guidelines for its new Physician Quality Reporting Schedule.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will pay for end-of-life services, bringing to a close a debate that started with false "death panel" claims during negotiations over the Affordable Care Act and is ending with coverage for families so they can discuss the care patients receive when they are dying.
Pharmaceutical manufacturer Warner Chilcott will plead guilty and pay $125 million after admitting to paying kickbacks to doctors and other healthcare professionals so they would prescribe drugs Actonel, Asacol, Atelvia, Doryx, Enablex, Estrace, Loestrin and others, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday.
Menlo Park, California-based Frazier Healthcare Partners has closed on a $262 investment fund that it plans to use to back biomedical companies developing new therapeutics products.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Thursday lowered the amount it plans to cut payments to home health agencies to $260 million compared the $350 million it proposed earlier this year.
Hospitals that are flunking out when it comes to patient safety really only have one choice, according to the Leapfrog Group: Get better.