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Payer
Are We Any Closer To VBID-X?
Yes and no, but keep an eye on CMS' growing Value-Based Insurance Design model.
Human Resources
Report Quantifies 'Low Cost, High Impact' of Accommodating Disabled Workers
A new report was released by the DOL-backed Job Accommodation Network (JAN) and analyzes survey data collected from employers from...
Clinical Care
Radiation Oncology Clinics Struggling With Workforce Shortages, Survey Finds
Clinics are particularly challenged in finding technical staff such as radiation therapy technologists and physicists.
Strategy
BJC HealthCare, Saint Luke's Health Explore $10B Merger
The Missouri-based health systems hope to complete the deal by the end of the year.
Supply Chain
The Exec: Strategic Sourcing Department Bolsters Healthcare Supply Chain
Since Memorial Healthcare System launched a strategic sourcing department, the health system has exceeded the organization's record for savings.
Revenue Cycle
Negative Margins and Tight Budgets: How One CFO Can Still Eye Tech
The CFO of DCH Health System talks investing in revenue cycle technology when budgets are tight.
Payer
In the 'Wild West' of Outpatient Vascular Care, Doctors Can Reap Huge Payments as Patients Risk Life and Limb
CMS data suggests that from 2017 to 2021 90 physicians billed for more than a third of all procedures and...
Finance
The Exec: HSS CFO Stacey Malakoff on Retail Disruption in Healthcare
Corporate giants like CVS and Amazon are getting into healthcare, what does this mean for traditional providers?
Finance
Hospital Expenses Rise For 11th Consecutive Month
Growth in labor costs slowed for the first time during the beginning of 2023.
Pharma
A More Aggressive FTC Is Starting to Target Drug Mergers and Industry Middlemen
The suit marks the first time since 2009 that the FTC has tried to block a drug company merger.
Finance
Health Disparities in the U.S. Remain 'Unacceptably High'
Racial and ethnic health disparities cost the U.S. economy $451 billion in 2018.
Payer
Oh, the Places They'll Go: Employers Add Hospital Data to Their Cost-Control Tactics
New price transparency data reveals long-standing payer-provider maneuvers?and new ones for employers.