News Clips

Daily statewide news clippings related to hospital and health care issues. .

Medical cost ratios for 6 national payers: (Becker's Hospital Review © 8/16/2019); Medical cost ratio, which measures how much of an insurer's revenue goes toward medical claims, is a number investors frequently scrutinize when analyzing an insurer's financial performance.
Florida Had Record High Number of Tourists in First Half of 2019: (Sunshine State News © 8/15/2019); August 15, 2019 - 2:45pm
Appeals court revives changes to Medicaid DSH payment rules: (Becker's Hospital Review © 8/14/2019); A federal appeals court on Aug. 13 overturned a ruling that rolled back a rule adopted by HHS that changed how Medicaid payments to hospitals that serve large numbers of low-income patients are calculated. Federal law requires state Medicaid programs to make Disproportionate Share Hospital
Centene Expanding ACA Exchange Plans in 10 States: (HealthLeaders Media © 8/14/2019); The company, led by Michael Neidorff, has expressed confidence in its business strategy despite uncertainty over the ACA's future.
Trump Administration Hits Brakes On Law To Curb Unneeded Medicare CT Scans, MRIs: (Kaiser Health News © 8/14/2019); Five years after Congress passed a law to reduce unnecessary MRIs, CT scans and other expensive diagnostic imaging tests that could harm patients and waste money, federal officials have yet to implement it. The law requires that doctors consult clinical guidelines set by the medical industry before
Surgeon impresses upon physicians the value of outpatient surgery: (Fierce Healthcare © 8/14/2019); Richard Berger, M.D., an orthopedic surgeon at Midwest Orthopedics at Rush, has performed more than 10,000 outpatient joint replacement surgeries. Now, he's trying to get more physicians to do more outpatient surgery themselves. Joint replacement patients who go home the same day of surgery are
HHS Drug Pricing Advisor to Depart: (HealthLeaders Media © 8/13/2019); John O'Brien had replaced Dan Best after his predecessor's death in November 2018.