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By Healthcare Finance Staff | 04:53 pm | March 26, 2014
The federal government is promising that anyone who wants to buy subsidized insurance will be able to as long as they try to enroll before March 31. But insurers should expect more surprises and lingering work from complex cases.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:22 pm | March 26, 2014
The executive who ran IT for Coca Cola is coming to WellPoint to oversee and optimize technology across health plans and other, evolving businesses, including one advanced project with high expectations.
By Anthony Brino | 11:04 am | March 26, 2014
With a new study showing both inpatient reductions and specialty care increases linked to high-risk medical home patients, health systems have more evidence to buy into the PCMH model as part of their clinical and financial improvement strategies.
By Paul Cerrato | 10:36 am | March 26, 2014
Having IT is a necessity for hospitals, but for many, having an IT team to support that technology is a luxury. Here are some tips from experts on creating an IT team on a budget.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 03:18 pm | March 25, 2014
With a new study of Independence Blue Cross members, evidence on the effectiveness of the patient-centered medical home is swinging back towards the positive.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:13 pm | March 25, 2014
Aetna has won a huge state contract in Texas, pulling away 415,000 lives from Blue Cross Blue Shield and with them several billion dollars in revenue.
By Stephanie Bouchard | 12:14 pm | March 25, 2014
Healthcare Finance News talked to Donald Berwick, MD, about the importance of shifting mindsets and business models to embrace the morality of caring for patients and society.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:10 pm | March 25, 2014
What's driving the highest per capita healthcare spending in the country? A half-decade's worth of government-funded research points to some contentious and perhaps uncomfortable trends.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 02:59 pm | March 24, 2014
Physicians groups want to preserve a key antitrust exemption for self-referrals under Medicare that the Obama Administration hopes to end for a number of costly services.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:44 pm | March 24, 2014
Health insurers can expect an increasing number of consumer education challenges around prescription drug management, as utilization controls are more prevalent in public exchange plans than in typical group insurance.