Henry Powderly

The number of accountable care organizations in Medicare's Shared Savings Program will grow by 89 in January 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid said this week, boosting the total participants to 405. Medicare ACOs will now serve more than 7.2 million patients.

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Revenue cycle management faces serious challenges, the third quarter report from research firm Black Book suggests, placing CFOs in the tough spot of trying to manage the costs of implementation with the need for more comprehensive systems.

Revenue cycle upgrades at U.S. hospitals have been pushed aside, in favor of preparation for the October 2015 ICD-10 transition and the chase for incentives tied to electronic health records, according to a Black Book survey of chief financial officers.

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Michigan-based Trinity Health Care on Wednesday said it will acquire Saint Francis Care, a three-hospital system based in Hartford, Connecticut, for an undisclosed sum.

Colorado-based Catholic Health Initiatives saw its credit rating cut this week when Standard & Poor’s dropped it from a A+ to an A over first quarter losses.

More than $665 million will be distributed to states around the country to test new service and payment models, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday.

San Francisco-based healthcare services company McKesson Corp. said it has launched a venture fund to invest in healthcare companies, targeting firms that plan new products tied to the growing consumerism within healthcare.

More than 50 accountable care organizations across the United States took in millions in incentive payments in 2014 after exceeding savings benchmarks set by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.