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Allina Health and Aetna Insurance Company combine provider, payer data in Minnesota.
Majority of funding is going to Puerto Rico, remainder to American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands, Florida.
Plans cited include Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Highmark of Pennsylvania, SCAN Health Plan of California, some Humana, UnitedHealth plans.
At least six members of the two Senate committees tasked with questioning or confirming Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., hold shares in healthcare companies
Freedom, flexibility, decreased bureaucracy are fueling the trend, with 94 percent of facilities saying they used them in 2016, Staff Care says.
Total dollar volume of senior housing and care M&A activity in 2016 was slightly higher, $14.4 billion compared to $14.2 billion in 2015.
The volume of M&A deals decreased by 8 percent to 27 announced transactions in that fourth quarter, HeathCareMandA.com data shows.
In 2010, avoidable hospitalizations for dually-eligible beneficiaries in long-term care was 227 per 1,000 beneficiaries; 2015 rate was 157 per 1,000.
Agency intends to modify 2017 requirements for reporting eCQM data under the Inpatient Quality Reporting and EHR incentive programs for hospitals.
Settlement will require McKesson to hire an independent monitor to assess compliance, the first of its kind in a CSA civil penalty settlement, the DOJ said.