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SPOTLIGHT: Zimmer mulls $250M in doc-contract buyouts
You've heard of sports teams buying out their coaches' contracts. Well, now there's a device maker considering buying out its deals with surgeons. In a move designed to clear up legal troubles over... Read more...
Health plans drop out of CT Medicaid over disclosure rules
Connecticut's Medicaid program is struggling to regain its equilibrium after a standoff over new provider contracting disclosure rules prompted a handful of health plans to jump ship. In 2007, Gov.... Read more...
Ohio law makes health plans disclose contract terms
A new Ohio law has been enacted that requires health plans to provide significantly more information in their contracts with physicians, as well as change their contracting practices. Among other... Read more...
SC court says uninsured not guaranteed discounts
A high court in South Carolina has ruled that state law doesn't force hospitals to give uninsured patients the same discounts offered insured patients. A lower court had held that a loophole in... Read more...
Stark case proceeds against SC hospital
A judge has given the U.S. Department of Justice the go-ahead to pursue a pending whistle-blower lawsuit against a South Carolina health system. A surgeon filed the whistleblower suit against Sumter,... Read more...
Trend: Arbitration becoming more common
Increasingly often, physicians and hospitals are asking patients to sign contracts under which they agree to go through binding arbitration, rather than the courts, if they have a dispute to settle.... Read more...
Pay-for-performance investments to become more common
Over the past year, we've had a chance to learn from a handful of larger provider organizations which have Read more...
Pay for performance becoming business as usual
Over the past year, pay for performance programs have gone from novel to an expected way of doing business. Not only have private health plans thrown their weight behind P4P programs, Read more...
BCBS of RI pays $20M to settle corruption charges
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Rhode Island will pay $20 million to avoid prosecution for the conduct of former executives who directed funds to companies run by state officials. As part of the deal,... Read more...
HCA income up, but bad debt still significant
HCA turned in a nice performance for the third quarter, posting its first quarterly growth in income since going private last year, but like its peers, it's still struggling with unpaid patient... Read more...
