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By Jeff Lagasse | 01:01 pm | June 20, 2018
The percentage of hospitals achieving zero infections has declined dramatically since 2015, indicating many patients are still at risk.
By Susan Morse | 11:12 am | June 20, 2018
New research also reveals that customers want less expensive care, ways to understand benefits and incentives for healthy behaviors.
By Susan Morse | 08:15 pm | June 19, 2018
AHPs offer a less expensive alternative that is expected to draw away healthier consumers from the Affordable Care Act market.
By Jeff Lagasse | 04:54 pm | June 19, 2018
While this trend was consistent across the vast majority of states, there were larger increases among states that expanded Medicaid.
By Jeff Lagasse | 01:32 pm | June 19, 2018
Bad debt exceeds $10 million at a third of healthcare organizations and leaders lack confidence about how much is recoverable, according to a new study.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 12:58 pm | June 19, 2018
Surgeons allegedly were paid millions in exchange for referring spinal surgeries to the California hospitals; nine defendants including hospital owner already convicted.
By Susan Morse | 05:47 pm | June 18, 2018
For the first time, commercial payers rather than government lines of business are leading adoption, a report from Change Healthcare says.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 05:15 pm | June 18, 2018
Doing a full financial assessment is key to forecasting financial distress but there's more to it than looking at cash flow ratios and profitability.
By Jeff Lagasse | 04:24 pm | June 18, 2018
Rural hospitals have been closing their doors at a record clip in recent years, losing revenue as patients have opted for larger medical centers and retail clinics.
By Susan Morse | 01:21 pm | June 18, 2018
Town Hall Ventures, Amazon and Socially Determined are bringing a new focus to a long-neglected part of the healthcare industry.