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Knee-deep in the integration process, Robert Musslewhite says the company will be focusing on analytics, best practices, research and broadening its portfolio of services.
The analysis cited uncertainty surrounding the tax and healthcare bills as one of the major contributors to the dip, along with a tight labor market.
Meanwhile, prescription drug prices jumped 1 percent after a 0.6 percent rise late last year.
Since 2008, executives and employees of the companies have invested more than $30 million in the three real estate investment trusts.
Some providers make a policy of referring anyone without insurance to public hospitals, creating duplicate visits and diagnostic testing that strains those already struggling institutions.
The Citizens Commission on Human Rights called for increased monitoring of psychiatric hospitals to ensure patient safety.
The most important developments hospital finance and operations executives should understand heading into 2018.
HIMSS Revenue Cycle Improvement Task Force seeks stories on the patient financial experience to present a gap analysis for the next innovation.
Health insurers benefit from lower corporate taxes but repealing the individual mandate will spike uncompensated care costs and stick hospitals with tighter operating margins, less cash flow.
With a significant rise in the prevalence of the geriatric population worldwide, telemedicine services are expected to go through favorable demand in coming years.