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After almost a year of preparation, 450 healthcare organizations will begin taking part in Medicare's Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative this month. The goal is to evaluate if paying for care by episodes can improve quality and reduce Medicare's costs.
Most patient consumers set to become newly insured under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will see a decrease in out-of-pocket expenses, a new study from the RAND Corporation found.
Florida's Baptist Health has devised a more efficient way to manage their medical devices and share risk, and it's helping them place real controls on capital costs.
Our weekly look at career moves in the healthcare finance sector. This issue highlights promotions, hires and fires for the week ending October 3, 2013.
Cigna is partnering with SocialWellth, a Las Vegas-based digital health company, to offer a platform to connect with members and deliver appropriate health and wellness digital content to them.
The recession and the mandates outlined in the Affordable Care Act are changing the way hospitals do business, with a greater emphasis on clinical outcomes, cost efficiency, and quality of care and less emphasis on patient volume.
Insurance cooperatives and provider-owned health plans are vying heavily for small business customers in federally-run insurance exchanges, appearing alongside (or in the absence of) Blues and national firms.
When it comes to aging with dignity and independence, the enduring dilemma of how people and society should pay for needed long-term care services often grabs the spotlight. But while cost remains a top-tier issue in delivering long-term care, quality from the person’s perspective matters regardless of who pays for the care.
Once individuals learn about the health insurance exchanges, a majority lean toward using them. The challenge is that so many consumers still are unaware of them.
The Massachusetts Nurses Association is attempting to get a referendum to voters that would create staffing ratios in the state's hospitals. The experience of California hospitals provides insight into the real-world impact of such laws.