Tag: finance

February 4, 2020

Dr. Keith Corl was working in a Las Vegas emergency room when a patient arrived with chest pain. The patient, wearing his street clothes, had a two-minute exam in the triage area with a doctor, who ordered an X-ray and […]

July 25, 2018

National health insurer Anthem reported higher profit in the second quarter of 2018 after raising premiums and keeping medical costs in check. The Indianapolis-based insurer reported net income of $1.1 billion on revenues of $22.9 billion in the three months […]

February 20, 2018

Heart valve disorders lead the list of the most expensive medical conditions with the highest average cost per inpatient stay, according to an analysis by Business Insider. The publication looked at 2016 data from the Association for Healthcare Research and […]

February 20, 2018

Most for-profit hospitals stand to gain from the changes to the U.S. tax laws, according to a new Moody’s Investors Service report. But HCA Healthcare and Universal Health Services will be the biggest beneficiaries and could see their operating cash […]

January 29, 2018

Investing into the healthcare industry is always a gamble. Government regulations and scientific limitations are two of many factors that not only influence, but dictate the success or failures of a company in the healthcare industry. Nevertheless, venture capital investors […]

August 4, 2017

Mistakes in medical bills and claims denials are bad business for medical practices and could lead to a loss in reimbursement. Many healthcare organizations see claims come back with an initial denial, which means they have to rework or appeal those claims, according […]

August 2, 2017

Pfizer saw its earnings rise and revenue fall in the second quarter thanks to increased biosimilar competition and the divestiture of Hospira Infusion Systems, the company announced Tuesday. The New York-based company reported earnings of $3.07 billion, or 51 cents […]

August 1, 2017

If you’re looking to speed up the growth of your medical practice, you’re not alone. But there are some easy ways to help a practice grow at a faster rate than the norm. First, establish a vision, wrote Nick Hernandez, a consultant […]

July 20, 2017

UnitedHealth Group’s second-quarter earnings soared as the nation’s largest insurer dove deeper into government-funded health coverage like Medicare and Medicaid and continued to distance itself from the turbulent Affordable Care Act insurance exchanges. The insurer also said Tuesday that it […]

July 19, 2017

An ambitious plan to achieve global access to healthcare could require national governments and donors to pay $371 billion each year by 2030, according to a new report. The World Health Organization estimates it would cost $58 per person each year to reach all […]

July 18, 2017

Hospital cost-cutting and competition have caused healthcare prices to slip to their lowest rate of growth in a year, according to a new report from the Altarum Institute.Prices across hospitals and in other healthcare sectors rose just 1.6% in May […]

July 6, 2017

The majority of hospitals are devoting more dollars to technology to support revenue cycle management, but few are realizing the full potential of those systems, and EHRs may be to blame. Nearly three-quarters of health system chief financial officers and […]

June 7, 2017

Never mind that the Republican-controlled Congress can’t seem to get its act together to repeal, much less replace, the Affordable Care Act, more popularly known as Obamacare. But health care stocks are doing just fine, in spite of the continued […]

April 26, 2017

Novartis’s first-quarter core net income fell 4 percent, it said on Tuesday, as the Swiss drugmaker’s spending to kick start sales at its eyecare unit Alcon and for its heart failure drug Entresto weighed again on earnings. Core net income […]

April 20, 2017

Worried that conflicts of interest could lead to fraud, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is considering recommending tighter rules to govern physician-owned companies that distribute medical products. MedPAC members are looking to tighten oversight with tougher requirements in their recommendations […]

April 12, 2017

Participation in voluntary federal programs that push for quality improvements has a greater impact on reducing readmissions than financial penalties levied against hospitals for high rates alone, a new study finds. Researchers at the University of Michigan examined records for […]

April 6, 2017

In January 2015, a survey from KPMG found that more than half of the nearly 300 healthcare manager respondents expected to recoup their investments in population health management programs within three to four years. This same report found that just […]

March 20, 2017

Under the President’s budget proposal released Thursday, the Department of Health and Human Services would receive a 17.9 percent decrease in funding. It’s one of the largest departments in the government and slashing the budget is the lowest funding for […]

March 16, 2017

Investors in hospital stocks brushed aside a Federal Reserve interest-rate hike of one-quarter point Wednesday, pushing the stock prices higher almost across the board. Hospitals, both investor-owned and not-for-profit, are sensitive to interest-rate increases because they rely heavily on debt […]

March 1, 2017

Tenet Healthcare quarterly revenue fell for the first time in six years missing estimates, hurt by weak demand and the hospital operator forecast lower-than-expected full year earnings. Tenet’s shares fell more than 11 percent in premarket trading on Tuesday. The […]