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In October 2014 ,the company agreed to pay $350 million and another $39 million in civil forfeiture to resolve claims it violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to induce the referral of patients to its dialysis clinics.
Across the Mississippi River from a bankrupt cousin, a Midwestern cooperative insurer is entering year two with a sizable membership that will test its model of partnering with hospitals.
The drug, BCX4430, delivers a small molecule into the body that in studies showed to be effective in blocking the Ebola virus from reproducing.
AAC will acquire Sunrise House Foundation, which runs the New Jersey facility, and will invest $5 million in the 87,000-square-foot campus.
Health insurers in New Jersey are complaining of a cost crisis arising from regulations meant to protect patients receiving emergency healthcare and involuntary out-of-network treatment.
After Valley Hospital of Ridgewood, N.J., switched to pajamas and gowns that provide extra coverage, costs went up $70,000 per year.
The future of healthcare employment might lie with physician extenders, as cost and physician bandwidth spur hiring.
Good managers don't live in boxes. And at Utah's Intermountain Healthcare, it's pretty much mandated that they break out of them, especially when it comes to improving revenue cycle management.
Much of the turnaround can be attributed to expanded insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act, and to a lesser extent, an improved economy,
America's largest insurer is looking for all the scale it can get in the war for affordable medicines.