Jeff Lagasse
A group of researchers from the University of Michigan have found that, Medicaid expansion nationally under the Affordable Care Act significantly reduced uninsured hospital stays in 2014, the latest in a slew of reports to suggest the reforms have resulted in fewer numbers of uninsured.
West Virginia hospitals are savings millions annually thanks to declines in uncompensated care due to Medicaid expansion, according to figures released by advocacy group West Virginians for Affordable Health Care.
A group of the largest for-profit hospitals in the United States reported an average of 2 percent growth in organic patient volumes in the third quarter of 2015, but showed little ability to translate that growth into higher operating margins, according to a Fitch Ratings report.
While many healthcare stocks had a banner year in 2015, political pressure on drug prices is keeping some major pharmaceutical and biotech companies from hitting their full market potential, according to a recent analysis by Morningstar.
Duke LifePoint Healthcare on Monday took over Central Carolina Hospital and the Frye Regional Medical Center, two North Carolina hospitals previously owned by Tenet Healthcare Corp.
Tennessee-based LifePoint Health on Monday completed its acquisition of St. Francis Hospital, a Georgia-based hospital that has struggled financially.
WellCare is a provider of managed care services for government-sponsored healthcare programs; CVS health is the nation's second-largest PBM company, and will administer pharmacy benefits and process claims for about 3.8 million WellCare members who participate in the company's nationwide Medicare, Medicaid and Prescription Drug Plan programs.
Sixty percent return to Healthcare.gov for coverage.
A nonprofit specializing in financial assistance for underinsured Americans has opened a new fund to provide help to Medicare patients suffering from renal cell carcinoma. It is the second fund launched this month by the HealthWell Foundation, an independent organization which provides a financial safety net for more than 200,000 underinsured patients by facilitating access to otherwise unaffordable medical treatments.
The state of Maryland is proposing significant changes to how its Medicaid system doles out cash to methadone treatment clinics. And some operators of such facilities aren't happy about it.