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More than two-thirds of patients cannot pay their hospital bills

Posted By: Aqsa Zahidon: June 26, 2017In: HospitalsNo Comments

More than two-thirds of sufferers are not paying their entire hospital bills, and that number could increase to 95% by the year of 2020, in accordance with a study from TransUnion, a company... Read more

700 new jobs to come at Ohio for office complex renovation

Posted By: Aqsa Zahidon: June 08, 2017In: United HealthCareNo Comments

700 new jobs will be coming to the Ohio soon. United Healthcare Group is presently renovating an office complex in Dublin just outside Columbus. The new positions will “support care provider... Read more

Humana Declares New Contract 2017 with Marathon Pioneer Kathrine Switzer

Posted By: Aqsa Zahidon: June 02, 2017In: HumanaNo Comments

Humana Inc. declared a partnership today with inspiring marathon pioneer Kathrine Switzer. Switzer has been appointed as an icon of optimism, equality and healthy living since the year of 19... Read more

CMS updates Patient Satisfaction Survey Data on its Hospital Compare Website

Posted By: Aqsa Zahidon: April 28, 2017In: HospitalsNo Comments

CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) released the patient satisfaction survey data on its Hospital Compare website April 28, which involved the calculating new HCAHPS summary sta... Read more

CAQH software assists the efforts of payer credentialing

Posted By: Aqsa Zahidon: April 04, 2017In: Health Insurance Marketplace, Insurance PremiumsNo Comments

A national healthcare agency is releasing CAQH software to automate and streamline the method by which providers submit data to health insurers to become a credentialed provider. The applica... Read more

Report: The Impact of Rural Hospitals Is Almost $1 Billion

Posted By: Aqsa Zahidon: March 22, 2017In: HospitalsNo Comments

The Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) has issued a report saying that the impact of rural hospitals is almost $1 billion to the economy of state. The association’s Rural Impact Repo... Read more

California’s 12,209,605 Medicaid/CHIP Enrollees Outnumber Populations of 44 States

Posted By: Aqsa Zahidon: February 19, 2017In: Medicaid-CHIPNo Comments

Several people enrolled in Medicaid/CHIP in the region of California alone exceeds the total populations of 44 of the other states of the union, in accordance to data released by the Centers... Read more

ER expansion increases immediate access to emergency care in East Texas

Posted By: Aqsa Zahidon: February 10, 2017In: ER and Urgent CaresNo Comments

Individuals in East Texas now have more immediate access to emergency care all credit goes to a $900,000 expansion at Christus St. Michael Hospital in the region of Atlanta, Texas. The enlar... Read more

Humana declares 69% decline in Obamacare customers

Posted By: Aqsa Zahidon: February 08, 2017In: HumanaNo Comments

A major insurer on the day of Wednesday reported a major drop in the number of Obamacare customers it has. Humana reported in its latest 4th quarter 2016 earnings Wednesday that complete enr... Read more

Hospice gives vital end-of-life hospice care: Your Perspective

Posted By: Aqsa Zahidon: December 26, 2016In: HospiceNo Comments

In survey after survey, the people of America say that when they’re reaching the end of their lives, they need to be in their own home, encircled by family, not in a nursing home or a hospit... Read more