Uncovering Healthcare Profitability
Aetna and Humana are calling off their $34 billion health care merger. A federal judge blocked the deal last month on antitrust grounds, siding with the Justice Department. Aetna said Tuesday it will pay Humana a $1 billion breakup fee. The deal’s end casts a pall over an even larger merger proposal between two health insurance giants. […]
Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia blocked the proposed merger between Indianapolis-based Anthem and Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna, the New York Times reports. Here are six things to know: Read More: (HERE)
In September 2014, the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General (OIG) published its audit of Tulare Regional Medical Center, an acute care hospital in California. In its findings, federal investigators determined the “hospital did not comply with Medicare billing requirements for all 10 of the outpatient surgery claims we […]
By Gerry Tuoti Wicked Local Newsbank Editor Max Bowen mbowen@wickedlocal.com THE ISSUE: New state regulations allow ambulatory surgery centers to expand. LOCAL IMPACT: The independent centers may perform certain surgeries for less money than hospital outpatient departments. Under the new regulations, patients could have more options. More patients in Massachusetts could soon have surgery outside […]
In a slew of recent orders, President Donald Trump nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch, a federal appeals court judge in Colorado, to fill the Supreme Court position vacated by Justice Antonin Scalia last year. Here are five things to know about Judge Gorsuch:(Read More)