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The New England state saw 68 percent of its facilities earn an "A" grade in the latest rankings, with 11 of the 16 hospitals earning highest marks. It is the fourth time in a row Maine led the rankings.
Rite Aid has worked to expand its RediClinics, walk-in health centers, while Walgreens has aggressively expanded its walk-in clinic business.
Dike Ajiri, chief executive officer at Chicago-based Mobile Doctors, recently plead guilty to charges that he fraudulently billed Medicare for in home-treatments that were longer than they actually were.
Premiums will increase an average of 7.5 percent for the second-lowest-cost silver insurance plan to be offered next year in the 37 states where the federal government operates health marketplaces, according to an analysis by the Department of Health and Human Services.
Turing Pharmaceuticals chief Martin Shkreli will face new competition for Daraprim, the AIDS drug he recently hiked 5,000 percent in price, after competitor Imprimis Pharmaceuticals said it would market a similar drug for just $1 a tablet.
The House has approved a budget reconciliation bill that repeals parts of the Affordable Care Act, including the individual and employer mandates, the "Cadillac tax," and the medical device tax.
Only a third of providers interviewed believe the ACA will lower the per-patient cost of healthcare, compared to two-thirds a year ago, according to a 2015 Mortenson Healthcare Industry study.
Premiums will increase an average of 7.5 percent for the second-lowest-cost silver insurance plan to be offered next year in the 37 states where the federal government operates health marketplaces, according to an analysis by the Department of Health and Human Services.
More than 1,800 hospitals will see payments from the federal government rise in 2016 due to improvements in quality under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services value-based purchasing program, CMS said Monday, with 600 more hospitals receiving increases than the prior year.
Top hospital executives derive innovative ideas not only from each other but from organizations ranging from Epic to Wal-Mart and CVS, according to a new report, "Into the Minds of the C-Suite 2015" by Peer60.