Richard Pizzi
In a new paper published in the journal Health Affairs, health policy researchers are proposing a new method of allocating Medicaid disproportionate-share hospital payments.
Many Americans may support the idea of health reform, but only a minority are willing to pay higher taxes to accomplish it, according to a study published in the journal Health Affairs.
A new report by A.M. Best claims that many small and mid-sized not-for-profit hospitals are paying insufficient attention to their bottom lines, making it difficult for them to effectively carry out their mission and endangering their long-term survival.
Healthcare Group Purchasing Organizations, or GPOs, are feeling the investigative heat from some members of Congress.
HealthDataInsights, Inc., the Medicare recovery audit contractor for Region D, has initiated automated audits to verify the accuracy of seven hospital outpatient and physician codes on Medicare claims paid since Oct. 1, 2007.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced that some people enrolled in Medicare drug plans may need to take steps to ensure they have the coverage they need when 2010 open enrollment begins later this year.
If the United States can get private healthcare costs under control, federal budget deficits won't rise uncontrollably in the future, according to an analysis released Thursday by the Center for Economic and Policy Research.
According to a new Health Savings Account market report by healthcare banking vendor Canopy Financial, average individual and family HSA account balances increased for the first time since the 2nd quarter of 2008.
Fitch Ratings says that after nearly a half-decade of consistent improvement or stability in hospital financial metrics, the 2009 medians for acute care hospitals showed declines for most financial indicators.
According to two studies published in the journal Health Affairs, health policy research is too often flawed and poorly targeted toward the questions that are most important to decisionmakers.