Despite many payers suffering huge losses on the Affordable Care Act exchanges, California-based Molina Healthcare has fared well financially, according to The Hill.
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Successful organizations will reconsider their revenue cycle management methods in a value-based world of healthcare, according to in2itive.
In a webinar, Goldman Sachs managed care analyst Matthew Borsch predicts that Anthem will leave the ACA exchanges in 2018, Bloomberg reports.
As the Anthem-Cigna antitrust case continues, Cigna defended the potential merger saying the $48 billion deal would provide Americans with increased access to affordable healthcare, the Hartford Courant reports.
A Kaiser Family Foundation analysis found Medicare spending on Mylan's EpiPen drastically increased between 2007 and 2014, according to Yahoo! Finance.
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The American Medical Association conducted an analysis that shows two insurance company mega mergers, Anthem's acquisition of Cigna and Aetna's acquisition of Humana, world eliminate competition in insurance markets for 24 states.
This was a big month for CMS as it imposed various changes, including delaying Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act to get providers ready for value-based care.
Technology has paved the way for more procedures to transition into the outpatient arena, and the growth of ambulatory surgery centers has surged in the last several years. With the additional business, surgery centers can accumulate more revenue.
Certified public accountant Larry Elkin argues in a Palisades Hudson Financial Group column that insurance companies acting as monopolies are detrimental to the market and deviating from the purpose of the Affordable Care Act.
The U.S. Labor Department found healthcare spending increased in August by the largest amount in more than 30 years, according to The Los Angeles Times.