Catholic Health Initiatives will acquire a minority stake in Tenet Healthcare Corp.'s Conifer Health Solutions, while Conifer will provide revenue-cycle services to 56 CHI hospitals, the parties announced Wednesday....
In new guidance, HHS informed states how the agency will work to implement a federally facilitated insurance exchange and also how states can partner with HHS to execute certain functions of a... FULL STORY »
Creating a new Medicare payment modifier that increases or decreases hospital reimbursements based on their quality and costs would help rein in geographic variations in the program, according to two... FULL STORY »
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is reorganizing, creating an Office of the Chief Medical Officer to better address physician affairs. FULL STORY »
The MGMA-ACMPE, formerly the Medical Group Management Association, is seeking a six-month extension of the deadline for submitting hardship exemptions to avoid penalties associated with federal... FULL STORY »
Rates of obesity, tobacco use and other health-risk indicators are higher among people with lower income and less education, according to a report. FULL STORY »
Here's my take on the Defense Department's latest update on the proposed joint Pentagon/Veterans Affairs Department Electronic Health Record development project. FULL STORY »
Concerned that the eventual adoption of the ICD-10 set of diagnostic codes "will introduce great cost ... without a corresponding benefit," the Texas Medical Association has called on HHS Secretary... FULL STORY »
Accretive Health, the billing and collection firm that is under scrutiny after a critical report by Minnesota's attorney general, said it would launch and fund a panel to set collection standards. FULL STORY »
Congress is unlikely to reach a “grand bargain” to overhaul Medicare and Medicaid during the post-election lame duck session, according to two congressional budget leaders. FULL STORY »
An expert panel is advising a team-based approach to controlling high blood pressure, a condition that affects 68 million American adults and costs the U.S. healthcare system more than $130 billion... FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare presents its annual look at key industry trends affecting the healthcare workforce. This year's report focuses on issues involving the very front end of healthcare delivery: medical transportation, specifically the people who make up our nation's emergency medical services system. Who are the people staffing our ambulances and being the first to respond to medical emergencies, by land and by air, and how are their roles changing?
