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By Anthony Brino | 05:34 am | May 09, 2014
Seeking to bring in new skills and perspectives to help improve the experience for customers, several large insurers have recently hired executives from outside the industry.
By Richard Pizzi | 06:32 pm | May 08, 2014
Our weekly look at career moves in the healthcare finance sector. This issue highlights promotions, hires and fires for the week ending May 9, 2014.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 03:56 pm | May 08, 2014
Amid the rise of high-deductible health plans and the growing prevalence and burden of chronic diseases, some argue that it may time to rethink the concept and regulation of preventive services.
By Bruce Chernof, MD | 11:10 am | May 08, 2014
Quality measurement in healthcare has always been difficult and expensive. In fact, most of today's measures do not create enough value for actual healthcare users and, as a result, have little impact on improving care and lowering costs.
By Richard Pizzi | 10:39 am | May 08, 2014
As patient outcomes become increasingly linked to reimbursement, hospital quality and finance teams must coordinate better than ever before. Deborah Larkin-Carney, vice president of quality at Barnabas Health, shares how quality and finance connect at her health system.
By Kelsey Brimmer | 10:29 am | May 08, 2014
Increased admissions drove revenue gains for Tenet Healthcare Corporation and Community Health Systems in the first quarter of 2014 compared to 2013. Both for-profit hospital firms appear confident midway through Q2.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 03:12 pm | May 07, 2014
Once a business on the fringes, the individual insurance market is getting more focus from large insurers like Humana and Health Net.
By Roni Caryn Rabin | 11:43 am | May 07, 2014
Americans are paying higher prices for cancer drugs because more patients are being treated by oncologists whose practices have been bought by hospitals, which may charge double or more for the same treatments, according to a new report.
By Kelsey Brimmer | 10:46 am | May 07, 2014
Implementation of the Affordable Care Act is likely to lead to increased profitability for hospital emergency departments.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 10:29 pm | May 06, 2014
After an uproar from consumers facing the highest premiums in the nation, Colorado's insurance commissioner is offering to revamp the geographic rating system and to implement it lickity-split.