Susan Morse
Global economic uncertainty outweighed modest increases in housing and jobs in a decision analysts believed could have gone either way.
Antelope Valley Hospital has the second highest volume of emergency patients in the county, yet receives less than one-half of 1 percent of Measure B property tax funds meant for trauma centers and emergency medical services.
More Americans are getting health insurance either through private or government plans than they were in 2013, according to U.S. Census figures for 2014 released Wednesday that points to the Affordable Care Act as a major driver for the change.
Munir Uwaydah, 49, owner of Frontline Medical, his personal lawyer and his former office manager are among 15 defendants named in the case that also alleges surgical procedures were performed by a physician's assistant who never attended medical school.
As ICD-10 approaches, healthcare providers are worried that lapses in coder productivity could cost them money, according to an Advisory Board Company report published Tuesday.
No changes have been announced at those facilities but consumers can expect to see an advertising campaign featuring NFL quarterback Peyton Manning, the former University of Tennessee football standout who serves as the brand spokesman, according to Tennova.
Consumers will earn Walgreens Balance Rewards points for enrolling in and funding accounts, activating benefit debit cards, making purchases using their cards, or by participating in healthy activities such as walking, biking and weight management.
The sale by Health Diagnostics ends a decline that began with a whistleblower-based federal investigation into claims the cardiovascular testing laboratory, along with Singulex Inc. of California, paid physicians kickbacks for patient referrals.
Enrollment figures released this week by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid show close to 10 million people have signed up for insurance through the Health Insurance Marketplace, as of June 30.
CMS said 9.9 million individuals had paid their premiums and had an active policy by the end of June.
As a Standard & Poor's report finds many insurers are missing the mark on their risk-adjustment predictions, a new partnership between population health management consultant Evolent Health and Health Fidelity, which develops technology to steer providers towards value-based care, aims to fill the gap.