Economics

This channel highlights factors that impact hospital and healthcare economics and revenue. This includes news on healthcare policies, reimbursement, marketing, business plans, mergers and acquisitions, supply chain, salaries, staffing, and the implementation of a cost-effective environment for patients and providers.

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Good news for healthcare premiums

A study from the Urban Institute finds that healthcare premiums throughout the U.S. will remain flat or drop during 2015, reports The Hill.

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Quincy Medical Center set to close

In the largest Massachusetts hospital closure in a decade, Steward Health Care System announced the imminent closure of Quincy Medical Center, reports the Boston Globe.

Majority of CFOs at struggling hospitals expect to lose their jobs by 2016

Sixty-one percent of chief financial officers at self-identified struggling hospitals anticipate losing their jobs within two years, reports Becker’s Healthcare.

Taking on risk

BOSTON— The fee-for-service model continues to dominate, but an increasing number of organizations are plunging into more risk-based payment schemes.

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Former U.S. CTO on government as innovation platform

BOSTON—The digital health revolution will happen this decade, Aneesh Chopra, co-founder and executive vice president of Hunch Analytics and former U.S. chief technology officer, told an audience at the Digital Healthcare Innovation Summit.

Thanks to ACA, health sector stocks boom

Hospitals and insurance companies are raking in profits thanks to the Affordable Care Act, reports CNBC.

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Artificial hip implant lawsuits settled for $1B

Stryker Orthopaedics, a producer of artificial hip implants, has reached a settlement with thousands of patient lawsuits involving the now-recalled all-metal devices for about $1 billion, according to The New York Times.

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Reducing Readmissions: Can Predictive Analytics Help Lower Patient Returns?

With penalties hitting the bottom line of providers, many are looking to the vast potential of predictive analytics to help them provide the right care to the right patients to reduce those 30-day readmissions deemed unnecessary.

Around the web

The American College of Cardiology has shared its perspective on new CMS payment policies, highlighting revenue concerns while providing key details for cardiologists and other cardiology professionals. 

As debate simmers over how best to regulate AI, experts continue to offer guidance on where to start, how to proceed and what to emphasize. A new resource models its recommendations on what its authors call the “SETO Loop.”

FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, MD, said the clinical community needs to combat health misinformation at a grassroots level. He warned that patients are immersed in a "sea of misinformation without a compass."

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