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Monthly Archives: July 2015
10 things to know about the public’s view on Medicare, Medicaid
US News Best Regional Hospitals
U.S. News & World Report Releases 2015–16 Best Hospitals
LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman on the biggest lie employers tell employees
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Why even the most prepared providers aren’t ready for ICD-10
After being delayed in 2009, 2012 and 2014, the nation’s switch to ICD-10 is once again slated to occur this October. Although the industry has had years to prepare, the negative effects of the switch may be felt by all providers, even those that believe they are fully ready for the new coding system
35 financial benchmarks for healthcare executives
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Key finance statistics
Source: Moody’s Investors Service, “Preliminary U.S. Not-for-Profit and Public Hospital 2014 Medians: Growth in Hospital Revenue Edges Ahead of Expenses in 2014,” May 2015.
Note: The preliminary medians are based on FY 2014 audited financial statements representing 48 percent of Moody’s rated portfolio. These medians primarily reflect audit year ends of Sept. 30, 2014 and prior.
Why the Surgeon Scorecard is a journalistic low point for ProPublica
With much hype and fanfare, the independent investigative journalism outfit, ProPublica recently released their Surgeon Scorecard, assessing individual specialist surgeons who perform elective knee and hip replacements, spinal surgery, prostate surgery, and gallbladder removal surgery.
Anthem to buy Cigna for $54 billion
Anthem will buy Cigna for $54.2 billion, the insurer announced on Friday, in a deal that will reduce the former “Big Five” private health insurers to just three. Aetna has already announced a $37 billion deal to acquire Humana. If both deals are approved, Anthem, Aetna and UnitedHealthcare would stand as the largest insurers in the United States.
HENRY KOTULA 