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By Healthcare Finance Staff | 09:38 am | February 13, 2014
Optum Labs, the research center founded by UnitedHealth and Mayo Clinic, has added seven new health organizations, which will join in on data mining research to find innovative ways to improve quality and reduce costs.
By Kelsey Brimmer | 09:00 am | February 13, 2014
Honolulu's Kuakini Medical Center was anticipating an enormous capital investment to upgrade its energy systems, when a golden opportunity came along.
By Mary Mosquera | 12:53 pm | February 12, 2014
With technical renovations on the federal and many state exchanges firmly established, driving enrollment, especially among young adults, is the primary focus of the marketplaces as the March 31 deadline looms closer.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:40 pm | February 12, 2014
Researchers have found that a value-based insurance design test increased medication adherence, but it failed to be cost neutral, suggesting that the business case for VBID may be more convincing over several years or with higher risk patients.
By Paul Cerrato | 07:00 am | February 12, 2014
Amazon.com revolutionized the online buying experience for millions while giving sellers an expanded market that brick and mortar merchants still envy. Now a new online direct contracting service is attempting a similar coup in the healthcare market.
By David Weldon | 05:45 am | February 12, 2014
As healthcare providers grapple with more complex issues, the CFO is being asked to take on a leadership role that in many cases extends beyond the realm of accounting.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:30 pm | February 11, 2014
Amid Medicaid expansion and a coming state capitated payment system, a Chicago non-profit health plan created by providers two decades ago is expanding its network and eying growth for the next decade.
By Rodney J. Moore | 10:35 am | February 11, 2014
Squeezed budgets make it difficult to finance hospital equipment, so hospitals are turning to flexible equipment financing as a solution.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 10:25 am | February 11, 2014
Mid-size businesses with 50 to 99 employees will have another year – until 2016 – to provide health insurance to their full-time workers, the second delay associated with the employer mandate by the Obama Administration.
By Mary Mosquera | 10:07 am | February 11, 2014
Bernard Tyson, Kaiser Permanente's new CEO and chairman, says he's not a rookie, but a leader continuously honing his skills. Healthcare Finance News talked to him about revenue cycle challenges, his view of leadership and the issues facing his organization.