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By Beth Jones Sanborn | 01:30 pm | April 13, 2018
Government alleged Banner Health hospitals intentionally overcharged Medicare patients, rendered inpatient care that could have been handled on outpatient basis.
By Jonah Comstock | 11:50 am | April 13, 2018
What makes an investment bank and a conglomerate real estate company interested in the healthcare space, and what do they have to offer there? JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon shed some light on that question, not to mention the question of what exactly this venture will do, in a letter to shareholders published last week as part of the bank's annual report.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 05:32 pm | April 12, 2018
Announcement comes roughly a month after company and CEO Elizabeth Holmes settled SEC investigation that stripped her of corporate voting rights, and levied a $500,000 fine.
By Jeff Lagasse | 05:02 pm | April 12, 2018
Mergers and acquisitions can result in economy of scale and other financial benefits -- but it can also be easy for patient access and services issues to go unaddressed.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 04:15 pm | April 12, 2018
House Speaker was a long-running opponent to the Affordable Care Act and his departure raises questions about how Republicans will approach healthcare moving forward.
By Jeff Lagasse | 03:21 pm | April 12, 2018
New technologies bring the promise of earlier detection and automation, both with an eye on lowering costs.
By Susan Morse | 03:04 pm | April 12, 2018
Company releases new report about costs of medications on the heels of a lawsuit coming to light in which its prescription benefit management subsidiary Caremark is accused of keeping prescription spread pricing profits.
By Jeff Lagasse | 11:06 am | April 12, 2018
The CBO's report follows similar projections that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services laid out earlier this year.
By Susan Morse | 05:33 pm | April 11, 2018
The insurer is actively creating a network of high-performing, senior-focused primary care physicians.
By Jeff Lagasse | 04:29 pm | April 11, 2018
The transition is one careers will be built on, if health executives align their delivery systems properly, deploy analytics, and maintain a strategic focus.