Geisinger, an integrated health system of over 3 million patients in the central, northeastern section of Pennsylvania, had a problem faced by hospitals and patients nationwide: Type 2 diabetes.
Inpatient psychiatric facility payments are expected to increase by 1.5%, or $50 million next year under Medicare’s Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Prospective Payment System proposed rule for fiscal year 2023.
CVS Health has entered into an agreement with the State of Florida to pay the state $484 million to resolve claims dating back more than a decade related to prescriptions for opioid medications that were filled at Florida CVS Pharmacy locations.
The American Hospital Association is prompting the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice to update its merger guidelines, in response to a request by the two federal agencies for comments and suggestions on how to overhaul the merger rules. The FTC and DOJ have solicited suggestions on how to modernize the guidelines […]
Operating margins at hospitals and health systems have been hit hard by the pandemic, and the Omicron surge was an additional setback as the healthcare industry continued to struggle at the beginning of the year.