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Medicare patients' chances of being admitted to the hospital or kept for observation depend on what hospital they go to -- even when their symptoms are the same, says a new report by the Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General.
Richard Bracken, CEO and chairman of Hospital Corporation of America, will be retiring as CEO at the end of the year.
In advance of August 1, when drug, device and biological companies, medical supply manufacturers and group purchasing organizations will be required to collect and document marketing expenses under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, pharmaceutical and medical device companies have been preparing but they're still laboring to adapt.
The market for provider reinsurance could see premiums increase 15 to 30 percent this year, according to a survey by the reinsurance brokerage firm ReSource Intermediaries.
Health insurance premiums for individual plans offered through the Maryland Health Connection will be among the lowest of 12 states that have proposed or approved rates.
The Department of Health and Human Services' budget neutrality practices for state Medicaid waivers have occasionally been inconsistent and opaque, according to the Government Accountability Office.
Healthcare industry executives around the world understand the need to collaborate but lack of trust among the sectors and unaligned incentives for stakeholders create hurdles.
Healthcare industry executives around the world understand the need to collaborate but lack of trust among the sectors and unaligned incentives for stakeholders create hurdles.
Doctors may be cost-conscious, but price never trumps patients' best interests.
UPMC has invested more than $1.6 billion in its IT infrastructure over the past five years, according to Pamela Peele, chief analytics officer of UPMC Health Plan. That's more money, she points out, than its home city has spent on three pro sports stadiums combined – "and we take sports seriously in Pittsburgh."