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Roughly 9,886 lives and $2.43 billion could be saved annually with a 50 percent cut in cases, researchers said.

Frost and Sullivan examined a number of pressing safety concerns and found that they have affected close to 92 million hospital admissions. Here are the six areas the consultancy said are ripe for improvement without requiring major investments in personnel or infrastructure.

Three upcoming hearings will focus on controlling opioid misuse, public health and prevention and insurance coverage.

The rollback will come into place in just two months and healthcare organizations should prepare for several potential changes that could touch telehealth, blockchain, AI and connectivity.

The results of new research conducted by Avalere Health counter the argument that 340B drug pricing would bring dramatic reimbursement cuts to hospitals.

Clinicians who complete the study will earn a full activity credit toward their quality reporting, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

The company had planned to reduce by 25 percent payments for evaluation and management services reported with modifier.

Non-adherent patients are three times more likely to be readmitted to the hospital within 30 days.

Insurers have sued over the lack of payments that were part of Affordable Care Act measures to make up for any losses in the marketplace.

Ronald Locy put his wife and nanny on the UPMC payroll even though neither woman ever worked for the system, authorities say.