Tom Price resigns as HHS Secretary
Trump appoints Health and Human Services official Don Wright as Acting Secretary.
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Health systems driving prices higher with physician group purchases
The percentage of hospital-employed physicians increased from about 25% in 2010 to more than 40% in 2016, which is associated with a 12% increase...
Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health complete merger
The newly formed CommonSpirit will rank among the largest health systems in the nation, but its size won't guarantee immediate success, industry watchers say.
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Accountable Care Organizations that take on downside risk save Medicare money,...
Recent survey shows 71 percent of ACOs would likely leave Medicare Shared Savings Program if required to move to a two-sided model.
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Supreme Court ruling on union fees could shift healthcare politics
American political dynamics around healthcare and other issues could be changed by a U.S. Supreme Court decision Wednesday that significantly weakens public-sector labor unions.
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Steward closes $2B acquisition of Iasis’ 18 hospitals
With Iasis Healthcare's 18 hospitals in Texas, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, Arkansas and Louisiana, Boston-based Steward is now the largest private hospital operator in the...
Bipartisan short-term health insurance fix is on its way, Trump says
Healthcare bill expected to come up again next year, but insurers are dealing now with loss of cost-sharing reduction payments.
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Harvard Pilgrim teams with Wellframe on app for members and caregivers
Care in the 21st century is tied to technology, but IT must amplify the work of the clinical organization, the insurer says.
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American Medical Association, other groups urge 90-day reporting period for MIPS...
Letter from numerous groups to Seema Verma called out policy changes, slow updates to QPP website and "lack of timely notification" as reasons to...
Hurricane Harvey lessons are a roadmap for hospital disaster response
A Texas Hospital Association analysis of the nation's costliest disaster, which killed 90 people and closed 20 hospitals, showed what worked and did not...
