How some companies managed to save $2,251 per employee per year in healthcare costs
According to Willis Towers Watson’s 22nd annual Best Practices in Health Care Employer Survey, a group of best-performing companies has managed
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Health Care Finance
Kentucky could become the first state to tax opioid prescriptions
(By Andrew Joseph for STAT) Lawmakers in Kentucky are weighing whether to impose a new tax on opioid prescriptions, the
Read MoreRethinking Rural Health Solutions To Save Patients And Communities
(By Adrienne St. Clair for NPR) Heidi Schultz grew up traveling from one end of South Dakota to the other,
Read MoreTens of Thousands of Medicaid Recipients Skip Paying New Premiums
(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) When Arkansas lawmakers debated in 2016 whether to renew the state’s Medicaid expansion,
Read MoreWalgreens, AmerisourceBergen reportedly end takeover discussions with no deal
(By Alia Paavola and Alyssa Rege for Becker’s Hospital Review) Deerfield, Ill.-based Walgreens Boots Alliance and AmerisourceBergen have reportedly ended
Read MoreDOJ abandons most of lawsuit accusing UnitedHealth of Medicare fraud
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) The Justice Department cast aside much of a False Claims Act lawsuit alleging
Read MoreAetna CEO: CVS deal will open ‘10,000 new front doors to the healthcare system’
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Mark Bertolini, CEO of Aetna, said the insurer’s $69 billion merger with CVS
Read MoreStudy found no evidence that senior wellness programs decrease healthcare spending
As required by the Affordable Care Act, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid conducted an independent evaluation of wellness programs
Read MoreLong-term acute care facilities versus skilled nursing facilities
According to a new study in JAMA Internal Medicine, it found skilled nursing facilities are less costly for Medicare than
Read MoreCMS Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced payment model
UnitedHealth Group announced in a press release that they will help support a new Medicare bundled payment program by offering
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