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Bernard Tyson, Kaiser Permanente's new CEO and chairman, came to his new roles at the start of what most say will be a challenging year as healthcare reform gears up.
Cigna reported solid revenue growth in 2013 but the insurer plans on being proactive in order to curtail rising costs.
When hospitals merge, the focus tends to be on how much will go to pay off debt and how much will be reinvested in capital improvements. But little notice is paid to a by-product of such transactions - the creation of charitable foundations.
Like all businesses offering a service, hospitals need to get paid. However, getting paid can be a costly proposition. Kyle Fetter points out four areas hospitals need to watch in order to control the costs related to billing.
Consumer advocacy groups are taking on California's medical establishment, trying to expand the power of rate review in a ballot initiative that's already drawing a lot of political money.
Lawmakers took another step toward repealing the reviled sustainable growth rate formula that sets physician payment in the Medicare program, but they still haven't figured out how to pay for it.
As the number of federal laws and regulations governing healthcare grows, some critics have asked: Why not allow the private sector to take the lead in figuring out how to rein in costs and improve quality of care?
Cigna's 2013 report ended a week full of news about slipping Medicare Advantage profits, but the company is still betting on U.S. seniors while also looking abroad.
Our weekly look at career moves in the healthcare finance sector. This issue highlights promotions, hires and fires for the week ending February 7, 2014.
The start of the new year did not begin with a bang for the country's employment outlook -- and that applies to the healthcare sector, too.