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By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:09 pm | February 04, 2016
Stung by losses under the federal health law, major insurers are seeking to sharply limit how policies are sold to individuals in ways that consumer advocates say seem to illegally discriminate against the sickest and could hold down future enrollment.
By Susan Morse | 12:04 pm | February 04, 2016
Former Turing CEO Martin Shkreli on Thursday invoked his Fifth Amendment rights while members of a Congressional committee grilled pharmaceutical executives about the high price of prescription drugs.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:18 am | February 04, 2016
Stung by losses under the federal health law, major insurers are seeking to sharply limit how policies are sold to individuals in ways that consumer advocates say seem to illegally discriminate against the sickest and could hold down future enrollment.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:07 am | February 04, 2016
The city of La Habra says the $260 fees are to help recoup expenses that aren't sufficiently covered by insurers.
By Susan Morse | 04:28 pm | February 03, 2016
As of February 2, 67 rural hospitals have closed nationwide since 2010 and another 210 are on the brink, according to a study by iVantage Health Analytics.
By Kaiser Health News | 03:24 pm | February 03, 2016
Peter Lee said UnitedHealth made a series of blunders on rates and networks that led to a $475 million loss last year.
By Susan Morse | 12:10 pm | February 03, 2016
Huron Consulting Group announced Tuesday it has acquired MyRounding, a firm specializing in digital health solutions to standardize, automate and track nurse and staff rounding activity.
By Jeff Lagasse | 11:21 am | February 03, 2016
After years of losing money, River's Edge Hospital in St. Peter, Minnesota posted a profitable 2015 and is considering expanding the facility, an uncommon story for a rural, critical-access hospital.
By Bernie Monegain | 09:52 am | February 03, 2016
Cincinnati, Ohio-based Mercy Health has saved more than $42 million on drugs since 2010 by building a formulary within its electronic health record platform.
By Kaiser Health News | 04:41 pm | February 02, 2016
Patients suffered no extra harm when doctors training to be surgeons were allowed to work longer shifts, a study released Tuesday concludes, adding to a push to relax the strictest limits on resident hours.