Why Humana is Giving $77M to Various Physician Groups

Why Humana is Giving $77M to Various Physician Groups

Humana will distribute $77.2 million in bonus payments to roughly 3,700 physician groups nationwide who were engaged in its Provider Quality Rewards Program in 2014. The goal is to increase the 59% of Humana individual Medicare Advantage members who have primary care physicians participating in value-based relationships, to 75% by the end of 2017.

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How Computers are Controlling the Stock Market

How Computers are Controlling the Stock Market

In this year alone, there have been 35 bizarre “flash crashes” in American oil markets, essentially meaning that prices dropped significantly and recovered quickly due to automated trading. Prices for West Texas Intermediate crude swung 200 basis points in less than an hour, before recovering at least 75 basis points. 

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Should the Feds Lift the Ban on Physician-Owned Hospitals?

Should the Feds Lift the Ban on Physician-Owned Hospitals?

Grace-Marie Turner, president of the Galen Institute, a think tank that supports free-market ideas for healthcare delivery believes that "the punitive ban on physician-owned hospitals imposed by the ACA has to go." She made this statement in Forbes last week.

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U.S. Jobs Report: 271,000 Gain In Payrolls Led By Healthcare Sector

U.S. Jobs Report: 271,000 Gain In Payrolls Led By Healthcare Sector

After a two month lull period, the U.S. labor market came back with a strong report for the month of October. The economy added 271,000 in payrolls while the unemployment rate dropped to 5% which was led by health care, temporary help & retailers according to Sho Chandra of Bloomberg. This is the lowest unemployment rate since April 2008.

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