Moody’s: 3 key trends affecting hospitals and health insurers this year

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/moody-s-3-key-trends-affecting-hospitals-and-health-insurers-this-year.html

OR Efficiencies

Auditing tips for modifier 59: Verifying that a claimed service is truly distinct

http://www.fiercehealthpayer.com/antifraud/story/auditing-tips-modifier-59/2014-10-07?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

FierceHealthPayerAntiFraud

DOJ anti-fraud push could mean criminal charges for healthcare executives

http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/doj-anti-fraud-push-could-mean-criminal-charges-healthcare-executives/2014-10-02

Two Hospital Suppliers To Merge

http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Daily-Reports/2014/October/06/hospital-supplier-merger.aspx?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+Daily+Health+Policy+Report&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=14386299&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_003oiSlAijEaLAYyRi9nEOSruoMvnBd5pv7NVDFwedTNxsEYgNabc2RscDYfuVNqk_kZfl5WTqaS88VZiGIVvpEovRA&_hsmi=14386299

KHN

Forty percent of payment to physicians and hospitals in the commercial sector today is designed to improve quality and reduce waste

http://www.catalyzepaymentreform.org/images/documents/scorecard2014release