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Overall spending on healthcare mergers, acquisitions and takeovers dropped 38 percent in 2012 compared to 2011, down from $231 billion to $143.3 billion, according to a recent report from research and publishing firm Irving Levin Associates.
A study published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that having Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) to improve care transitions decreased hospitalizations and re-hospitalizations of Medicare beneficiaries by nearly 6 percent over two years.
The U.S. Supreme Court solidified the federal government's authority to limit Medicare reimbursement appeals with a unanimous ruling to deny the claims of a group of hospitals seeking compensation for miscalculated payments going back to the late 1980s.
A battle is brewing between Mississippi Republican Gov. Phil Bryant and Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney over an online health insurance marketplace that will allow an estimated 250,000 Mississippi residents to shop for coverage and find out if they qualify for government subsidies or Medicaid.
The U.S. Supreme Court has solidified the federal government's authority to limit Medicare reimbursement appeals, with a unanimous ruling denying the claims of a group of hospitals seeking compensation for miscalculated payments going back to the late 1980s.
WellPoint Inc., the second largest health insurer in the country, today reported fourth quarter and 2012 earnings that beat analysts' estimates, driven primarily by medical expenditures that were lower than the company expected.
A study published in a recent issue of Medical Care found that increased nurse-to-patient staffing ratios and good work environments for nurses were tied to lower 30-day readmission rates for Medicare patients suffering from heart failure, myocardial infarction and pneumonia.
With the insurance and healthcare landscape in this country changing on almost a monthly basis, payer software vendor HealthEdge has begun conducting regular surveys of insurers as a means to take the pulse of a market at any given time. The surveys, conducted currently at six-month intervals provide a snapshot of the industry.
The Illinois exchange wants to offer in-person consumer assistance in addition to federal navigators, as part of the partnership exchange. Covered California is pretty much covered financially until 2015 with federal grants. And as Wal-Mart expands into healthcare, HHS has rebranded exchanges as "marketplaces."
The global healthcare contract research outsourcing market is increasing at a compounded annual growth rate of 14.7 percent and is expected to be valued at $65.03 billion by 2018, according to a new report from market research firm Transparency Market Research.