The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Wednesday released a draft of Medicare’s first physician payment rule that would reimburse physicians for providing end-of-life counseling.
Monthly Archives: July 2015
GREEK HOSPITALS RUNNING OUT OF MONEY, LIFE EXPECTANCY CRASHING AS ECONOMY COLLAPSES
As the financial crisis in Greece worsens, more and more sectors of the Greek economy are taking hits, including the health care system. Greece has a socialized health care system and now that the government is running out of money, so are hospitals.
10 NYC Sites Transforming From Hospitals to Housing, Mapped
Emdeon buys analytics firm Altegra Health for $910 million
Revenue cycle company Emdeon this week announced plans to acquire Altegra Health, an analytics firm, for $910 million, a move the companies said will better position them as the industry moves to a value-based model.
Theranos strikes deal with Capital BlueCross, lands on East Coast
The diagnostics disruptor and an insurer of a 1.3 million are taking affordable lab tests directly to patients.
Atlantic Health loses tax case, spurs worry over nonprofit healthcare
Morristown Medical Center failed to meet the legal “profit test,” judge says
Health Care Mergers Will Mean Higher Premiums
Healthcare Workers: Why They Come to Work Sick
A survey explores the reasons why healthcare workers do their job when they’re sick and expose patients to their illnesses.
HENRY KOTULA 