North Carolina's ambitious plan to tackle medical debt, announced by Gov. Roy Cooper in July, faced opposition from hospitals but ultimately secured federal approval. Now, all 99 hospitals in the state must eliminate patient debt to receive Medicaid ...

Review of the healthcare statistical highlights from the third quarter of 2024.

Since 2010, 149 rural hospitals in the United States have either closed or stopped providing in-patient care, according to the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina.

Review of the healthcare statistical highlights from the second quarter of 2024.

Healthcare is evolving with nontraditional models such as telehealth and retail clinics, prioritizing convenience and reshaping delivery.

CMOs need to be knowledgeable about the various CMS payment models and develop a strategy to keep up to date. While they do not necessarily need to be subject matter experts on any one model, they need to be alert to changes/ modifications. It would ...

Physicians face substantial tax burdens throughout their careers, prompting the need for proactive tax planning strategies. This eBook offers practical advice to maximize after-tax money and build robust retirement savings. It emphasizes the importan...

The aim of this study is to evaluate the potential cost implications for hospitals when shifting from sterile water and saline to in-house distilled water for wound care and surgical procedures.

What consumers truly value can be difficult to pin down and psychologically complicated. But universal building blocks of value do exist, creating opportunities for companies to improve their performance in existing markets or break into new markets.

This article shares our experiences in designing a physician compensation model for a physician-owned multispecialty group.

As the nation’s health care industry has become more concentrated amid a steady clip of mergers in recent decades, it’s common for one large system to dominate a market.

Value-based care, a healthcare delivery model in which providers are paid based on patient health outcomes and the quality of services rendered, has the potential to reduce overall healthcare costs and transform the healthcare industry. Physician eng...