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CFO
What Drove KP's Q3 $608M Loss
Rising medical expenses and industry headwinds contributed to the system's losses.
CFO
Infographic: How CFOs Can Be Champions Of Women’s Health
Boosting women's health outcomes also shows promising financial outcomes.
CFO
New Bill Aims to Increase Physician Pay, Block Medicare Cuts
The Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act would, if passed, boost physician pay by 4.7%, replacing Medicare?s planned 2.8%...
CEO
Hospital Margins Continue Rising in Face of Mounting Expenses
Outpatient revenue growth in the past year is providing some reason for optimism.
Payer
In Vermont, Where Almost Everyone Has Insurance, Many Can't Find or Afford Care
Vermonters pay the highest prices nationwide for individual health coverage, and state reports show its providers and insurers are in...
CFO
How CFOs Can Be Champions of Women’s Health
Boosting women's health outcomes also shows promising financial outcomes.
CFO
Payer Denials Shake Community Health Systems Q3 Earnings
What can be done about aggressive payer tactics?
Pharma
PBM Math: Big Chains Are Paid $23.55 To Fill a Blood Pressure Rx. Small Drugstores? $1.51.
Chains are paid well beyond family businesses for many of the same medications.
CFO
Payers Are Playing Hardball—And Hospital CFOs Are Paying the Price
New data exposes aggressive tactics by payers for Medicare Advantage denials.
Payer
Medicare Drug Plans Are Getting Better Next Year. Some Will Also Cost More.
KFF found that 'many insurers are increasing premiums' and that large insurers including UnitedHealthcare and Aetna may reduced the number...
Innovation
CA Hospitals Scramble on Earthquake Retrofits as State Limits Extensions
674 buildings, spread across 251 licensed hospitals ? do not meet standards that require hospitals to remain functional in the...