Henry Powderly

Healthcare Trust of America said it invested a total of $190 million into the Boston, Charleston, Indianapolis and Raleigh markets in the second quarter, buying up a range of healthcare facilities.

Revenue cycle company Emdeon this week announced plans to acquire Altegra Health, an analytics firm, for $910 million, a move the companies said will better position them as the industry moves to a value-based model.

CMS plans to cut payment for 60-day care episodes by nearly $81, or 1.72 percent. The agency said the proposed rule would save the government $380 million.

Harvard Drug Group mainly distributes generic pharmaceuticals and pulled in more than $450 million in revenue in fiscal 2014.

Hospitals allegedly conspired to carve out marketing territories in the state to limit competition between the facilities and keep consumers from learning about competing providers.

According to the Department of Labor, healthcare businesses added 40,100 jobs compared to adding 48,000 in May. In total, healthcare employed 15.1 million people in the month.

CMS is proposing that physicians be able to make case-by-case exceptions to the rule, classifying certain short stays as inpatient so that they would be paid under Medicare Part A.

Aside from collections, the Peer60 report found 25 percent of providers plan to outsource contract management.

According to tax and advisory firm KPMG, 74 percent of healthcare providers say they are either in the beginning stages or have not even begun to invest is systems for analytics and financial reporting.

Major cancer centers topped the list with tens of millions in payments and services from pharmaceutical giants.