It is time to seriously assess the events and developments that impacted the specialty of anesthesiology over the past twelve months. American medicine is in a constant state of evolution; the only constant is change. The key to success lies in knowing which trends to take advantage of and which to avoid. The challenge is
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The hospice space is evolving and providers will likely spend much of 2020 girding themselves for more change, including movement towards value-based payment models, accelerating industry consolidation, and possible changes to reimbursement, among others. At the forefront of many hospice leaders’ minds will be how they should gear up for the Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in
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MobiHealthNews reported on 53 new acquisitions over the course of 2019. That doesn’t mean all of these deals closed this year: several of these deals were announced late in the year and won’t close until next year, while others may have closed in previous years but weren’t made public until 2019. And of course, definitions
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The number of Medicare Advantage members enrolled in plans with value-based payment designs more than tripled from 2019 to 2020, CMS has said. Approximately 1.2 million beneficiaries joined plans in the Value-Based Insurance Design Model for coverage in 2020 offered by 14 MA organizations across 30 states and Puerto Rico. That’s up from only 440,000
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Americore Health is now in Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The bankruptcy became effective on December 30, 2019. It comes after years of financial troubles faced by the company in multiple states, including Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, and Missouri. Americore has less than $50k in assets and $50k in liabilities at the hospitals still under its control
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Insurers seized on a new study that shows hospital acquisitions have a modest impact on patient quality, while the hospital industry is rebutting the findings. The New England Journal of Medicine published a study on Thursday that found hospital acquisitions of another hospital led to a modest decline in the patient experience, but no significant
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An SEC filing shows that the Federal Trade Commission is upping its scrutiny of the proposed merger between Stryker (NYSE:SYK) and Wright Medical (NSDQ:WMGI) that is worth up to $4.7 billion in cash. After Stryker filed a premerger notification and report form with the FTC on Dec. 16, 2019, the FTC sent a second request
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NPXe Limited (“NPXe”), a Phase III pharmaceutical and drug delivery device company developing XENEX™ (xenon gas for inhalation) for neuro- and cardio-protection and improvement in survival for post-cardiac arrest syndrome (PCAS) patients, announced that it has filed a voluntary petition to reorganize under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for
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What are some of the primary laws and regulations governing or implicated in healthcare-related business combinations? Are healthcare assets subject to specific regulation that would be material in a typical transaction? Is law and regulation of healthcare national or subnational? This article from Bass, Berry & Sims PLC covers some of the basic regulations in
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A proposal to ramp up reporting requirements is threatening one of skilled nursing operators’ most significant revenue streams and could dent profitability, analysts said. The CMS’ proposed new rule would redefine base and supplemental payments and force states to unbundle reimbursement data as the agency looks to cut down on “shady recycling schemes that drive
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