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By Kaiser Health News | 10:58 am | December 18, 2014
Researchers and advocates worry the NIH may use that money for research not related to children's health.
By Stephen Jencks | 10:57 am | December 18, 2014
There are two ways of thinking about, and therefore measuring, the rate of hospital readmissions, and they often lead to quite different results and quite different decisions on Medicare penalties.
By Henry Powderly | 10:36 am | December 18, 2014
Here's a look at some more recent headlines in the world of healthcare finance.
By Anthony Brino | 10:21 am | December 18, 2014
More than 40 hospitals have closed since the Great Recession, most of them in rural areas. But in rural, urban and suburban areas alike, providers of all sorts have opened new additions, replacement hospitals or built totally new facilities.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 09:44 am | December 18, 2014
One Medicare Advantage company offers a parable for what can go wrong in the business of managed healthcare.
By Henry Powderly | 02:10 pm | December 17, 2014
Michigan-based Trinity Health Care on Wednesday said it will acquire Saint Francis Care, a three-hospital system based in Hartford, Connecticut, for an undisclosed sum.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:15 pm | December 17, 2014
A fractious and potentially costly family of provider-led class action lawsuits are moving through courts, pitting accusations of illegal clawbacks againsts the likes of Aetna and UnitedHealth Group.
By Bailey Grattelo | 11:10 am | December 17, 2014
As CMS moves to encourage more participation in its flagship ACO program, those who generated savings and met quality standards in Year 1 scored multimillion-dollar payments.
By Henry Powderly | 10:34 am | December 17, 2014
Colorado-based Catholic Health Initiatives saw its credit rating cut this week when Standard & Poor’s dropped it from a A+ to an A over first quarter losses.
By Kaiser Health News | 08:48 am | December 17, 2014
More than 1 million people selected a health plan during the fourth week of the health law's open enrollment and nearly 2.5 million have done so since it began Nov. 15, federal officials said Tuesday.