A full 95% of Medicare beneficiaries are worried about the impact of inflation on healthcare costs. And nearly half of the 2,500 beneficiaries recently surveyed by eHealth say their healthcare costs have already increased due to inflation.
Alexander Meyer, CMIO at the German Heart Center Berlin, discusses the project of building a digital hospital and the status of interoperability in German healthcare.
The bench trial in the Department of Justice’s lawsuit against UnitedHealth Group and its efforts to acquire Change Healthcare began Monday in federal court and is expected to last 12 days. The court battle pits the antitrust stance of the DOJ and the Biden Administration against UnitedHealth’s contention that its estimated $13 billion acquisition of […]
Optum is partnering with pharmaceutical company Sanofi to make insulin available and affordable for uninsured people. The UnitedHealth Group subsidiary is working with the drugmaker to offer a 30-day supply of commonly used insulins for $35 through its online health services and products retailer Optum Store.
Hospital operating margins were up slightly from May to June, but were still negative overall due to still-soaring expenses, according to the latest Flash Report from Kaufman Hall. Margins were still significantly lower than pre-pandemic levels, and even when compared to May 2021. Outpatient volumes were up from the previous month, and expenses were generally […]
The Inpatient Prospective Payment System final rule released late today increases hospital operating payment rates by 4.3%.
Tips, tricks and best practices learned on the road to a new accounting system
Skilled nursing facilities are getting a 2.7% payment rate increase for 2023, and a recalibration of a 4.6% pay decrease proposed in April. Skilled nursing facilities are getting a market basket increase of 3.9%, the agency’s highest market basket update for SNFs.
New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed suit against CVS Health, saying the former violated antitrust laws and prevented safety net hospitals from receiving millions in 340B discounts.