The search for revenue cycle management leaders is ongoing and can be particularly challenging because of the nature of the executives who take on the job, according to one expert. “These leaders often have a fix-it mentally,” according to Adam Burns, a principal at WittKieffer, an executive search firm for healthcare.
Chicago-based Advocate Health Care is planning to spend $1 billion to improve access to primary and specialty care, as well as wellness services, by investing in a new hospital and extended outpatient programs. The investment will improve access to primary and specialty care, as well as wellness services, the health system said.
Wealth and earnings disparities between men and women are nothing new, but a new report from Medscape shows the extent to which this is true in healthcare, showing that 66% of male physicians had a family net worth of more than $1 million last year – compared to just 50% of female physicians.
Because of lack of interoperability it takes weeks between the time of referral to treatment due to documentation gathering, says Dan Torrens, CEO of eHealth Technologies.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is terminating the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) model at the end of 2025 due to what it called the model’s “substantial and unmitigable costs to the Medicare Trust Funds.”
A grand jury in New York has indicted Luigi Mangione on charges of first degree murder, in furtherance of terrorism, in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg Jr. said Mangione faces a maximum penalty of life in prison without parole.
The past couple of years have seen the sharp ascendancy of Medicare Advantage to now include more than half of all beneficiaries with Medicare coverage. The alternative to the traditional fee-for-service Medicare has proven popular with consumers due to lower out-of-pocket costs and its additional benefits, such as prescription drug, vision and dental coverage. But […]
Healthcare spending is higher than before the pandemic and is being driven by increases in insurance coverage and utilization, according to new analysis released Wednesday by the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and published by Health Affairs.
Ten startups participated in a “pitch fest” in which mDETECT Inc. took first place for its development of a highly specialized blood test using DNA sequencing to detect cancer progression, says Josh Di Frances, VP and head of incubation at LG NOVA.
The Nebraska Attorney General has filed a lawsuit against UnitedHealth Group and its subsidiaries Change Healthcare and Optum, claiming the companies violated state laws on consumer protection after a massive ransomware attack in February exposed personal health information a