Kelsey Brimmer
On Tuesday it was announced by the Marquette General Health System (MGHS) Board of Trustees that it has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Duke LifePoint Healthcare.
Large pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has agreed to pay $3 billion in order to resolve charges of engaging in illegal schemes related to unlawful marketing and pricing of some of the drugs it manufactures in what has become the largest healthcare fraud scheme in the country's history.
Healthcare organizations that were previously sitting along the sidelines when it came to healthcare reform are going to have to get the ball rolling now that the Supreme Court has made the ruling to uphold the 2010 healthcare law, according to a report published Friday by the PwC Health Research Institute (HRI).
In 2010, Scott Hawig, chief operating officer at Duke University Health System, and Jim Bohnsack, executive vice president of product development at Transunion Healthcare, decided to analyze the behavior, demographic and financial makeup of one hospital system's patient population against service lines to determine how to improve patient outcomes and reduce costs at the same time.
Over the last seven months, St. Joseph Health System (SJHS), a large healthcare organization located in California and western Texas, has been using a multi-disciplinary approach to engage its physicians and clinicians in understanding the impact of clinical practice patterns and resource variability.
Approaching and dealing with commercial payers is "very much a game," but by understanding current trends in denials and learning the best practices for documenting and demonstrating medical necessity, managed care organizations can substantially reduce denials for inpatient care.
A new report from the Battelle/Biotechnology Industry Organization shows that U.S. jobs in the biosciences industry are booming.
In its June 2012 report to Congress, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) focused on three areas: Medicare benefit design, care coordination for fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare and care coordination for those dually-eligible for Medicare and Medicaid.
These days, healthcare systems feel pressured to transform in order to drive down costs and improve patient care. One way to cut costs is through gainsharing.
Creating specialized hospital units for elderly people with acute medical illness could reduce national healthcare costs by as much as $6 billion a year, according to a recent study by University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) researchers.