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Perhaps the biggest value-based challenge on the finance side is the lack of a single set of metrics by which to gauge quality.
The surge in accountable care organizations and other network affiliations between healthcare providers is spelling big financial opportunity for hospital vice presidents of network development, a position that experts say is key in connecting the clinical and the business side of a health network.
Steven Stack, the incoming president of the American Medical Association, says problems with ICD-10 for physicians are too big to allow it to move forward.
In the first update to federal MCO rules in more than a decade, the government is set to push a range of tweaks, reforms and requirements that could set a new baseline for a bustling public payer segment.
LifePoint Health, which just this week renamed itself from LifePoint Hospitals, said it will hold an 80 percent stake in the hospital while the remaining 20 percent will be held by the Watertown community.
Rhode Island Hospital admits staff failed to do proper follow-up on a patient, who ended up with severe brain damage as a result.
Kentucky-based pharmacy services business PharMerica will pay $31.5 million to settle a federal lawsuit that it dispensed oxycodone, fentanyl and other narcotics without valid prescriptions and submitted false claims to Medicare Part D for the drugs, according to the company and U.S. Department of Justice.
The federal government clarified that insurers can't charge people for anesthesia administered during a preventive colonoscopy to screen for colorectal cancer, although there are unresolved questions.
Changes in payment trends brought about by the Affordable Care Act, technology expenditures related to electronic health records, and fluctuations in cash flow from higher deductibles and patient copays have all impacted the need for readily available cash.
What's the best way to get members to stop smoking? A financial nudge and a pinch show some promise, for a range of health and wellness choices.