Leadership & Management

The California Medical Association has filed a class action suit against Blue Shield of California alleging the insurers' physician rating program potentially harms physicians and patients by spreading misinformation, according to a Sacramento Business Journal report.

The American Hospital Association is reminding hospitals to preview their data on hospital-acquired conditions when CMS begins its preview period on Sept. 16 to correct for errors before the data is released publicly, according to an AHA News Now report.

Jackson Health System in Miami is expected to end its 2010 fiscal year, which closes at the end of the month, with a $90 million loss, an improvement from last year's $244 million deficit, according to a Miami Herald report.

Transfers of newly arrived patients to another hospital are often unnecessary and could be reduced, resulting in significant cost savings, according to a release by UC San Diego Health System.

The Louisiana State Health Department has informed Louisiana doctors they will have to pay back a collective $17 million in Medicaid overpayments because the Department of Health and Hospitals failed to make Medicaid budget cuts on time, according to a…

A healthcare economist is proposing a hybrid payment model for Medicare, allowing managed care or fee-for-service payments, depending on the market, according to a report by Kaiser Health News.

When it comes to building efficient revenue cycles, some of the most common challenges facing hospitals today are filing claims to payors without having them denied and collecting bills in a timely manner.  Here are five of some of the…

A study published in The Annals of Internal Medicine showed hospitals with more poor patients improved their quality of care after receiving financial incentives.

Tenet Healthcare has been ranked the most cash-rich company in the healthcare facilities industry by Cash Equivalents, a measure that compares the cash cushion of companies in the same industry, according to a My Smart Trend report.

1. Healthcare reform. A pitched political battle over passage of healthcare reform dominated the first quarter of 2010. Even after passage, Barack Obama and Democratic leaders have had to keep struggling for public acceptance. Rather than boosting Democrats' prospects in…