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According to a recent Vanderbilt University Medical Center study, hospitals that spend more on emergency care tend to have better patient outcomes, including fewer deaths.
By the time this issue of Healthcare Finance News is published, the U.S. Supreme Court will have heard arguments on the Affordable Care Act. Since the announcement that the court would take the case, we’ve covered in print and online how the case could play out with the court, as have analysts across the country. Looking for new – slightly off-kilter – perspectives on the much-debated law and case, we’ve reached out to comedians for their take on it.
Despite the recent economic downturn, jobs in healthcare grew while jobs in other sectors declined, according to a new report by the nonprofit Center for Health Workforce Studies at the University at Albany School of Public Health.
The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) announced last week a three-year demonstration project that will take place in four counties aimed at improving care coordination for seniors and persons with disabilities who are dually eligible for Medicare and the state's Medicaid insurance program Medi-Cal.
The fragmented delivery of care and the number of providers involved in a patient's episode of care erects barriers to be able to effectively coordinate care, said the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission during a meeting last Friday.
Chartered Health Plan, the oldest Medicaid managed care organization in the District of Columbia, is launching a new text messaging program for 50 of its members to help them better manage diabetes, which requires regular care to avoid costly complications.
Just before the nationwide PBS release of his new documentary, “U.S. Health Care: the Good News,” author T.R. Reid talked to Associate Editor Stephanie Bouchard about the documentary and the healthcare issues facing the nation. Here is an excerpt from that February conversation. Go to www.healthcarefinancenews.com to read our two-part series.
At America’s Health Insurance Plans’ Policy Summit last mong, it was impossible not to hear the theme and message AHIP leadership wanted everyone to eat, sleep and breathe: underlying hospital and group medical practice costs are rising too quickly and insurance plans are merely the conduit for how these costs are passed on to the public.
In its recently released Drug Price Forecast, supply contracting services company Novation projected an estimated weighted drug price inflation of 1.36 percent in the cost of pharmaceuticals from July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013 in acute care hospital settings. The forecast is based on purchase history and data associated with Novation Pharmacy Program participant healthcare organizations.
Under the new rules established in the Affordable Care Act, hospitals and healthcare facilities now have much greater financial exposure to provider licensing violations.