News
The new integrated network, while not technically a merger, brings together 27 hospitals in North Texas as well as physicians both independent and associated with UT Southwestern, an academic medical center, and Texas Health Resources, a faith-based, nonprofit health system, according to UT Southwestern.
Guardian submitted false claims for hospice care for patients who did not have a terminal prognosis of six months or less, according to authorities.
Half of large employers offering health benefits have wellness programs that ask workers to submit to medical tests, often dubbed "biometrics," that can involve a trip to a doctor's office, lab or workplace health fair.
Hospital giant Tenet Healthcare Corp. on Sunday said it has formed a joint venture with the Baptist Health System in Birmingham, Alabama. Under terms of the deal, the joint venture includes all four of Baptist's hospitals as well as the Brookwood Medical Center, a Tenet hospital.
Florida hospital operators Baptist Health South Florida and Bethesda Health on Friday said they plan to merge in 2017 after managing jointly through a 24-month transition period.
Out-of-network providers charged patients on average 300 percent more than the Medicare rate for certain treatments or procedures, according to the analysis of 2013 and 2014 claims data released Thursday by the America's Health Insurance Plans.
On Thursday, providers dealt with system issues, which will be followed by productivity issues and then payment issues, according to healthcare insiders.
Healthcare Finance spent the bulk of Thursday's rollout monitoring the buzz, speaking with experts and reporting on any issues that may have arrived. While the true effects of the change will be felt in the coming weeks when claims are processed, bills delivered and accounts receivable wane, we have a few observations to share.
Insurance companies will pay $362 million to the federal government's shared risk program beginning this November for 2014 participation, but will be short $2.5 billion in payments that they hoped to receive from the federal government, the Department of Health and Human Services announced on Thursday.
Healthcare Finance spend the bulk of Thursday's rollout monitoring the buzz, speaking with experts and reporting on any issues that may have arrived, and while the true effects of the change will be felt in the coming weeks when claims are processed, bills delivered and accounts receivable wane, we have a few observations of the day that we'd like to share below.