From 2012 to 2013, employers' average cost for health plans grew 5 percent. However, employers expect a greater increase for some plan types this year and are using a number of strategies to help manage the rising costs, according to…
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The HHS Health Resources and Services Administration has withdrawn sweeping regulations for the 340B drug pricing program and instead intends to issue proposed guidance addressing key policy issues beginning in 2015.
Like quality improvement, cost improvement needs a single senior leader who is responsible for driving cost improvement throughout the organization.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act originally required states to expand their Medicaid programs to cover those earning as much as 138 percent of the federal poverty level, or $27,310 for a family of three. However, a 2012 U.S.…
HealthCare.gov has reopened and is allowing people to buy 2015 health plans from the health insurance marketplaces, according to a Washington Post blog.
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Time is valuable, especially that of a leader who is responsible for overall success of the organization and management of its employees. Here are 10 tips for improving time management, according to an Entrepreneur report:
We are looking for an Administrator for McAlester Ambulatory Surgery Center located in McAlester, Oklahoma. McAlester ASC opened in 2001. The facility is a multispecialty facility with two main OR’s, two endo rooms and a laser eye room. The facility…
Men and women get to the top in different ways, according to Harvard Business Review. In an analysis of Fortune 500 CEOs, Harvard Business Review found commitment is the key to the C-suite. This is especially true for women, who…
In a webinar hosted by Becker's Healthcare on Nov. 10, Gregory Hickman, MD, medical director and director of anesthesia at the Andrews Institute Ambulatory Surgery Center in Gulf Breeze, Fla., discussed the importance of process standardization in meeting infection control…
The following is a roundup of recently reported healthcare industry lawsuits, lawsuit updates, settlements and resolutions.