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Patients experienced more than 3 million fewer of these adverse events during that period.
Hackers breached the company's MyQuest by Care360 app on Nov. 26 and accessed patient's protected health information
In lieu of fees, healthcare organizations will pay a percentage of the recovered funds to ERI.
The new models often require practices to take on downside financial risk, which is a lot to ask of an organization with scant resources.
Southern states carried the highest percentages of adults at risk of being shut out by insurers.
Next year, reimbursements are expected to decline and inpatient margins narrow further, Black Book says.
The high-need population is older, has lower levels of education and income and includes more women and African Americans.
While physicians are motivated to improve care quality, new frustrations with the complicated law coupled with change fatigue will bog doctors down.
Transformation of healthcare system is larger than any one president or administration, Burwell says.
While focus on care coordination and consumerism may likely continue, insiders worry that too much change could hurt them.