Patients entering the supposedly sterile environment of a hospital may not realize that at least one in 25 patients acquire an infection while in the facility. To reduce these infections, Mark Sklansky, MD, suggests everyone leave the handshakes at home.

The majority of health plans responding to a Avalere Health survey said they have favorable attitudes towards value-based contracts, though smaller numbers of insurers are actually pursuing or have entered into those agreements.

A single patient’s astronomical medical bills may have been a factor in Iowa’s largest insurer, Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield, exiting the state’s individual market for 2018. Talking about that patient, however, may have put a company executive in violation of HIPAA.

Emergency department services like suturing a wound or interpreting a CT scan may result in patients being charged up to 12.6 times more than what Medicare would pay, with minorities and uninsured patients the most likely to be hit by the markups.

Aetna confirmed it is in negotiations to move its corporate headquarters out of Hartford, Connecticut, which was been its home since it began as a fire insurance company in 1819.

A stalemate over reimbursement rates at John Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida is causing some anxiety for patients and their families.

The selloff of Community Health System (CHS) hospitals is continuing, as the struggling hospital operator agreed to sell five Pennsylvania hospitals to the not-for-profit Reading Health System.

Healthcare has its share of ups and downs but some factors weigh more heavily on the minds of executives than others. referralMD has compiled a list of C-suite executives on what keeps them up at night.