05.22.19
Today, more than a third of U.S. healthcare payments are value based, up from 23% in 2015.
Prize promotions—such as sweepstakes, contests and giveaways—are popular and effective ways for healthcare organizations to attract, engage and retain customers; increase brand awareness; and, for nonprofits, raise funds.
In Pennsylvania, Governor Tom Wolf has been laser-focused on solving the opioid epidemic that has hit the state so hard.
Keeping patients well informed is a core principle of American healthcare policy, and advertising plays an important role in getting important information out to the public.
On May 5, a federal district court judge ruled in favor of the hospital industry plaintiffs that sued the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for including in the 2019 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) rule a nearly 30% reduction in Medicare Part B reimbursement for ...
05.15.19
On February 8, 2019, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the funding announcements for the Integrated Care for Kids Model (InCK Model) and the Maternal Opioid Misuse Model (MOM Model).
North Carolina has fought the opioid epidemic with an array of public and private sector initiatives.
05.02.19
In late March, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its Marketplace open enrollment report showing that 11.4 million people selected Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace plans in 2019—a 4% decline in the 39 states that use Healthcare.gov and a 1% increase in the 11 ...
04.24.19
In the last year, we have seen a steady growth in healthcare M&A transactions.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted in 1996, when healthcare providers and payers were still using paper-based medical records.