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By Jeff Lagasse | 02:53 pm | May 01, 2018
A quick breakdown of the different approaches hospitals are taking to compensate physicians amid the massive shift from volume to value.
By Susan Morse | 02:40 pm | May 01, 2018
The insurer signed up 250,000 new Medicare Advantage members during the first quarter.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 11:35 am | May 01, 2018
Executives say the deal will give ProMedica a platform for managing the silver tsunami of baby boomer patients by eradicating traditional barriers of where care gets delivered.
By Susan Morse | 05:18 pm | April 30, 2018
Providers that earn CDC-certification for type 2 diabetes prevention can earn payments for treating patients that might not otherwise come in for screening.
By Jeff Lagasse | 04:24 pm | April 30, 2018
In order to change the way care is delivered, an individual outfit needs to have a sufficient percentage of its practice in a value-based world. That balance can be tricky but hospitals won't succeed without it.
By Susan Morse | 02:10 pm | April 30, 2018
Rule eases regulatory burden estimated to cost providers $39 billion a year and the time of 59 full-time equivalent employees.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 01:52 pm | April 30, 2018
A pair of physicians and one Las Vegas practice are under fire for an array of alleged offenses including fraud and identity theft.
By Jeff Lagasse | 01:38 pm | April 30, 2018
As Humana and the AMA this month announced new alternative payment models focusing on patient experience and outcomes, Blue Cross Blue Shield shared data showing what's working in its own efforts.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 11:42 am | April 30, 2018
Arrowhead Regional and Daviess Community Hospital both went from rock bottom to top of the class by optimizing EHRs, instituting accountability and banking on the human element.
By Jeff Lagasse | 10:53 am | April 30, 2018
One hospital lost $3.5 million in a single year dealing with rising infection rates among patients taking cocaine, OxyContin, Demerol, Percocet and other opioids.