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By Henry Powderly | 04:15 pm | December 16, 2014
More than $665 million will be distributed to states around the country to test new service and payment models, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday.
By Christopher Hayden | 02:28 pm | December 16, 2014
Juneau, Alaska-based Bartlett Regional Hospital recently named Alan Ulrich its new chief financial officer.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 pm | December 16, 2014
Private physician practices may soon be a thing of the past, according to a new survey that shows them dwindling year over year as more doctors opt to become part of a hospital or health system.
By Kaiser Health News | 12:11 pm | December 16, 2014
Independent Bill Walker, who won election last month in a governor's race so tight the results weren't known a week after the voting was over, campaigned on the promise that he'd expand Medicaid as one of his first orders of business.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 11:20 am | December 16, 2014
WellCare has been trying to shake off its past transgressions and grow amid speculation of being a target for acquisition, and now its executive suite is ready for business.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 09:45 am | December 16, 2014
The pressure is growing on Republican Governors to expand Medicaid in some way, and more state executives are turning to managed care and market-based approaches to bring in federal dollars.
By Anthony Brino | 09:41 am | December 16, 2014
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam this week proposed a "private option" Medicaid expansion policy for the state, the latest Republican state executive to back a managed care or market-based approach to bring in federal dollars.
By Anthony Brino | 09:40 am | December 16, 2014
UnitedHealthcare and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center are piloting an episode of care, or bundled, payment model for patients being treated with head and neck cancers, a collaboration they describe as among the first to use bundled payments in a large, comprehensive oncology center.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 03:06 pm | December 15, 2014
The nation's largest insurer is starting a new bundled payment pilot in oncology with one of the most prestigious providers in the field, in an experiment they hope will be yield beneficial evidence and grounds for expansion.
By Debra A. McCurdy | 12:26 pm | December 15, 2014
Earlier this month, CMS published a final rule that expands the circumstances under which it may deny or revoke the Medicare enrollment of entities and individuals on program integrity grounds. Here are the details.