Health may be priceless, but healthcare is not. With medical costs on the rise, insurance companies and government payers are increasingly asking pharmaceutical companies and device manufacturers to ...

Modern cardiovascular care involves human acumen, complex data and collaborative intelligence between the two. Payment models are based on well-defined tests and procedures and are baffled by the ...

CMS recently issued final rules for its value-based purchasing program for hospitals. Beginning in fiscal year 2013, which starts on Oct. 1, 2012, CMS will offer hospitals an incentive payment for ...

With healthcare enrollment currently underway at most companies, looking into cost-effective ways to provide healthcare benefits in the future makes sense. A recent article from the Business Group on ...

In a recent Premier healthcare alliance webinar, Danielle Lloyd, senior director for reimbursement policy, and Christine Van Dusen, senior consultant, made the following points about CMS’ upcoming ...

The rising cost of healthcare in the U.S. is a major concern. With historically low unemployment in an inflationary environment, the need to compete for top talent remains critical and impacts the ...

Payment and quality experts on Wednesday described extensive changes proposed for skilled nursing’s value-based purchasing program as “long overdue” and a way to “reset the playing field.” Since the ...

Value-based care goes much further than managing cash flow differently. As healthcare increasingly shifts toward value-based care (VBC), CFOs are facing both challenges and opportunities. Value-based ...

As health systems have grown in size and complexity, CEO base salaries and bonuses have steadily increased over the past five years. Board members have attempted to align CEO incentives with those of ...

RICHMOND, Va — Why is Virginia's Medicaid agency awarding the state's lowest quality nursing homes millions of dollars in bonus payments that are meant to reward quality? That's the question some ...

Medicare’s value-based programs are penalizing inpatient hospitals for community-level health equity factors that impact outcomes but are largely out of hospitals’ control, according to a recent ...