Monthly Archives: December 2015

FTC Rejects Another Health System M&A

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http://healthleadersmedia.com/content.cfm?topic=HEP&content_id=323594

Antitrust

The Federal Trade Commission’s administrative complaint says the merger would create a dominant provider of general acute care inpatient services sold to commercial health plans in a four-county region of south-central Pennsylvania.

2015: The Year in Review—an HR Perspective

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http://healthleadersmedia.com/content.cfm?topic=HR&content_id=323705

Direction

A look back at the year’s hottest issues shows them to be the growing influence of millennials in the workforce, regulatory changes affecting payroll, and where and how healthcare jobs are changing.

Calif. Insurers Buck Trend, Report Profits Selling Exchange Plans

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http://www.californiahealthline.org/articles/2015/12/10/calif-insurers-buck-trend-report-profits-selling-exchange-plans

We’re Still Not Talking About Health Care’s ‘Elephant in the Room’

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http://www.californiahealthline.org/road-to-reform/2015/were-still-not-talking-about-health-cares-elephant-in-the-room

Provider Consolidation

CMS Penalizes 758 Hospitals Over Hospital-Acquired Conditions

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http://www.californiahealthline.org/articles/2015/12/11/cms-penalizes-758-hospitals-over-hospital-acquired-conditions

How Safe is Your Hospital

Pension Reform Efforts Move Forward After Harris Issues Summaries

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http://www.californiahealthline.org/articles/2015/12/11/pension-reform-efforts-move-forward-after-harris-issues-summaries

Cartoon Pensions

McKesson’s top 5 RCM trends for health system pharmacies in 2016

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http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/mckesson-s-top-5-rcm-trends-for-health-system-pharmacies-in-2016.html

Drugs and Dollars

AHA: Hospitals appeal nearly half of RAC claim denials

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http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/aha-hospitals-appeal-nearly-half-of-rac-claim-denials.html

OR Efficiencies