Management news and information

Dr. Steven Stack, American Medical Association board chairman, gave a spirited defense of physicians and a sharp, but balanced critique of electronic health-record systems at a federal “listening” session Friday on EHRs and their potential for use in billing fraud.
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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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Last June, MGMA-ACMPE released the results of a questionnaire that ranked members' most pressing practice management challenges. In this edition of "Practice Makes Perfect," we'll tackle No. 5 on that list: Participating in CMS' EHR meaningful-use incentive program.
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Accretive Health's ongoing shakeup of top management in the wake of a billing and collection scandal continues to focus on recruiting outsiders without healthcare experience.
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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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More employers are turning to games and contests, mobile applications and social media to drive healthcare engagement among their workforces, according to research compiled by New York-based Buck Consultants.
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In its newly released proposed inpatient hospital payment rule for 2014, the CMS plans a slew of performance-based payment changes, including a penalty program for hospital-acquired conditions and updates to the agency's readmissions reduction program that would expand the parameters for...
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Health Management Associates, Naples, Fla., beat out Duke LifePoint in its bid to acquire Munroe Regional Medical Center, Ocala, Fla.
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UnitedHealth Group's first-quarter net income dropped 14% as the nation's largest health insurer paid out more for medical claims and booked a smaller gain due to leftover insurance claims.
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Falling Medicare Advantage payments helped contribute to UnitedHealth Group posting a year-over-year first-quarter decline in profits on Thursday, with the nation's largest health insurer saying it was also hampered by a large public-sector customer switching from fully funded to self-funded...
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