A federal judge in Arkansas has tossed out a closely watched antitrust complaint filed by a group of physicians against a competing hospital system and health insurer, handing hospitals nationally some potent legal guidance in their fight against...
Health Net has agreed to restore health coverage to 926 former members in a $25 million agreement with the California Insurance Department. The Woodland Hills, Calif.-based insurer will offer benefits to those whose coverage was rescinded since 2004...
A federal judge in Arkansas has tossed out a closely watched antitrust complaint filed by a group of physicians against a competing hospital system and health insurer, handing hospitals nationally some potent legal guidance in their fight against...
Akron (Ohio) General Medical Center and its medical staff are trying to whip up opposition to plans for a for-profit hospital that would be jointly owned by physician investors and Summa Health System in Akron’s northern suburbs.
Providers engaging in pilot projects and other initiatives to improve quality agree that the list of conditions for measuring quality needs to expand—but they want Medicare to pay more to meet the costs of complying with these measures.
In a move that may signal an effort by the medical-device industry to stave off mandatory gift-disclosure requirements by Congress, medical-device maker Medtronic, Minneapolis, has voluntarily published all charitable contributions made to customers...
For investors in pursuit of higher returns, heightened risk of market swings is sine qua non. Greater volatility promises that portfolios will outperform expectations some years and stumble—or dive—others.
Opponents in the fierce debate over whether two major Pennsylvania Blues plans should be allowed to merge each found new ammunition in a pair of reports issued last week.
Clarian Health took another step in its growth into a formidable statewide Indiana system as it moved to acquire Cardinal Health System, the parent of 356-bed Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie, Ind., about 60 miles south of Clarian’s Indianapolis...
When Banner Desert Medical Center realized in 2006 that its heart attack patients were not receiving timely, crucial care, staff took a hard look into the time it was taking them to get a patient from the emergency room to inserting the potentially...
“When it comes to dumping an unprofitable HMO, there are three options: Sell it, close it or declare insolvency. It’s a choice being faced by dozens of hospitals and health systems that are deciding to exit the managed-care business.
As policymakers consider taking on the larger issue of comprehensive healthcare reform, there has been a flurry of recent policy activity involving post-acute care—care provided to patients following discharge from acute-care hospitals. The...
Have you ever thought about what makes healthcare chief executives tick? They’re essentially an isolated bunch of unique and highly talented men and women who face unrelenting pressure from all sides—government, insurers, physicians and a host of...
Hmmm. Someone involved with the medical profession, a motorcycle, a cross-country trip in Latin America. Outliers seems to have heard that somewhere before. But instead of Che Guevara, the medical student and future revolutionary whose 1952...
