Income news and information

As healthcare providers and analysts continue to digest more than 1,400 pages of the CMS' recent inpatient prospective payment proposed rule, they are analyzing how the agency would implement a new payment methodology for Medicare disproportionate-share hospital (DSH) payments next year.
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Health Management Associates, Naples, Fla., is facing a subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission, potentially related to its billing and accounting practices.
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If you're uninsured, getting on Medicaid clearly improves your mental health, but it doesn't seem to make much difference in physical conditions such as high blood pressure.
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HCA, Nashville, today reported its final first-quarter results, adding a little more color on a performance it already previewed last month.
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For a moment, set aside the debate over what happened since the recession to slow health spending to record lows. The slowdown held health spending to roughly the same rate of growth as the economy for two consecutive years after the recession, the most recent data show.
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Vanguard Health Systems knocked $12 million off the top end of its forecast for its current fiscal year after tallying lackluster earnings for the quarter ended March 31.
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Florida is one of a growing number of states where time is running out for lawmakers to make a deal on expanding Medicaid.
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Investor-owned hospital chains continued to report unexceptional first-quarter earnings this week, but good news from the CMS on 2014 Medicare payments renewed investor confidence in the sector.
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While the CMS' proposed payment schedule for 2014 includes small increases in Medicare payments for acute- and long-term care hospitals, it would change reimbursement for facilities serving high numbers of the uninsured, drawing fire from public hospitals.
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CareFusion Corp., the publicly traded devicemaker spun off from Cardinal Health, announced that it will enter into an agreement with federal investigators to pay $41 million and avoid criminal prosecution for its past sales and marketing of antiseptic surgical wipes.
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