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When Senator Marco Rubio (R) of Florida said in the Republican response to President Obama's State of the Union address that "the biggest obstacles to balancing the budget are programs where spending is already locked in," the first example he then turned toward is Medicare.
On Valentine's Day, it's either joy or heartbreak -- and for CFOs of hospitals, it's no different. John McCarthy, general manager of asset management at GE Healthcare, consults CFOs nationwide and has witnessed the heartbreak of CFOs. For Healthcare Finance News, he outlines the heartbreak he's seen first hand.
WellPoint's board of directors have selected Joseph Swedish to head the company after last August's investor-stoked departure of Angela Braly.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) declared employer-sponsored health insurance tax exempt in 1943, and ever since health benefits have been an integral part of the American workplace and the greater economy. Today, it is at a crossroads, amid health reform, economic and demographic trends.
Possible cuts in Medicare funding for graduate medical education (GME) that could start as soon as next month come at a critical time when the industry is trying to find solutions to a physician shortage that promises to accelerate through 2020.
When Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said in the Republican response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address that "the biggest obstacles to balancing the budget are programs where spending is already locked in," he pulled no punches and pointed directly at Medicare.
WellPoint's board of directors have selected a health system executive, Joseph Swedish, to head the company after last August's investor-stoked departure of Angela Braly.
Data released by human resources services and staffing company Randstad shows that healthcare workers' confidence in the strength of the economy and the availability of jobs increased in the fourth quarter of 2012.
It should be no surprise that President Barack Obama launched into the intertwined matters of sequestration and deficit reduction -- with a focus on how they impact healthcare -- before addressing other sectors of the U.S. economy during his State of the Union address Tuesday night.
Rural hospitals are girding for harsh impacts from a 2 percent decrease in Medicare reimbursements under federal spending sequestration, set to take effect in March, by taking advantage of how they already operate, a new report suggests.