US president Joe Biden boards Air Force One after attending the G20 summit in Rome © Evan Vucci/AP The G20 leaders pledged to quit financing coal power plants abroad ahead of the shift of the global agenda to Glasgow and also highlighted the divisions that will be on display in the next two weeks. Was…
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U.S. hospitals saw a median operating margin decline of 18.2% between August and September, a new report found. A confluence of lower volumes and rising expenses made September a difficult month for hospitals, according to healthcare consultancy Kaufman Hall, which reports monthly on the finances of more than 900 mostly not-for-profit hospitals. “It’s almost a…
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Jefferson Health paid $305 million for Temple University Health System’s 50% ownership stake in Health Partners Plans, the not-for-profit health system announced Monday. Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health now owns all of a health plan that covers nearly 290,000 Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, Medicare-Medicare dual-eligible Special Needs Plan, and Children’s Health Insurance Program beneficiaries. Temple University Health System…
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Snap, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have lost nearly $10bn after iPhone privacy changes © Bloomberg This article is an on-site version of our #techFT newsletter. Sign up here to get the complete newsletter sent straight to your inbox every weekday The cost of letting users opt out If Mark Zuckerberg hasn’t got enough problems right now, here’s…
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MetroHealth back in August said all its employees would have to receive COVID-19 vaccinations or request an exemption by Oct. 30. And now that October is over, the results are in — and the health system came about as close as conceivably possible to meeting the goal. In a news release issued Monday afternoon, Nov.…
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Working with laboratory benefit manager Avalon Healthcare Solutions, insurer Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina cut $112 million in laboratory spending in 2020. Notably, much of those savings came from management of routine lab testing, a segment that has traditionally received less attention than higher-cost areas like genetic testing, said Rahul Singal, Avalon’s…
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ITC extension could boost solar deployments by 44% over the next decade, report finds Home Solar DER ITC extension could boost solar deployments by 44% over the next decade,… No posts to display
US president Joe Biden boards Air Force One after attending the G20 summit in Rome © Evan Vucci/AP The G20 leaders pledged to quit financing coal power plants abroad ahead of the shift of the global agenda to Glasgow and also highlighted the divisions that will be on display in the next two weeks. Was…
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The writer is an FT contributing columnist It’s a mystery why some people get addicted to drugs or alcohol while others don’t, but it’s more of a mystery how anyone ever gets clean and sober. Now California plans to try a novel approach to this age-old problem: it will pay addicts to stay off drugs.…
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