As Kansas shifts from a fee-for-service Medicaid program to managed care, a Kansas Health Institute News Service report delved into the effectiveness of Medicaid managed care by gaining perspectives from five states and the national level.

Timothy H. Baker has more than 30 years in the appraisal industry with a concentration on healthcare and seniors housing priorities. He is currently the president of Principle Valuation, with previous appointments as senior vice president of Wellspring Valuation and…

The concept of bundled pricing is gaining momentum as a reimbursement model designed to address demands for better health outcomes at lower cost. Promising to deliver a standardized set of services for a fixed price with specific quality commitments will…

Last week, Moody's Investors Service affirmed the Caa1 "junk-level" bond rating of Pittsburgh-based West Penn Allegheny Health System, and analysts said that if WPAHS is to survive its current financial turmoil, it will need more than the $475 million in…

Bernadette Spong has served as CFO of Rex Healthcare based in Raleigh, N.C., since 2005, acting as a driving force behind the 660-bed health system's strong portfolio and operations.

A recent report from the California Workers' Compensation Institute turned a critical eye toward the California workers' compensation inpatient hospital fee schedule, as it found California hospitals received roughly $67.5 million in duplicate payments in 2010 for injured workers who…

Upset over a new agreement regarding Disproportionate Share Hospital payments for fiscal year 2012, five CEOs of the largest private health systems in Texas wrote a letter to Gov. Rick Perry and asked for a meeting to voice their concerns…

Administrative waste, error rates, slow payment — health insurers are usually associated with negative terms, but according to the American Medical Association's fifth annual National Health Insurer Report Card, the "chaotic health insurance billing and payment system" is improving.

A physician clinic based in Conroe, Texas, that was recently purchased by Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and argued that HCA did not follow through on its financial commitments, according to an affidavit and…

Before the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was enacted in March 2010, many hospitals encountered significant uncompensated care costs from self-pay patients. Here are a few statistics from an Objective Health infographic on the impact of self-pay patients on…