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The financing package is a hybrid of taxable and nontaxable bonds that will, among other things, reimburse the system for more than $350 million in capital projects.
UnitedHealthcare and Oxford Health Insurance contended the payments to New York were an unconstitutional taking of their property.
Prosecutors for the 10 regional strike forces currently in operation have charged over 3,700 defendants in connection to more than $14 billion in false billings, DOJ says.
More than 1,100 hospitals were rated high performing in at least one common procedure or condition.
Site-neutral clinic payments, 340B drug program policy, adding procedures to covered list for ambulatory surgery centers all hit hospital margins.
Analytics enable providers to make decisions based on vast amounts of data, resulting in savings.
Hit especially hard were Massachusetts' community hospitals, with median operating margins plunging to 0.9 percent.
From direct contracting between employers and providers to campaigns aimed at reducing the stigma around mental health issues, employers are doing it for themselves.
Insurer is investing in at-home and hospice organizations and is focusing on senior primary care through Walgreens partnership.
Some drug companies pay less than what they would otherwise owe by introducing a new drug formulation, HHS Secretary Alex Azar says.