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Arizona is the first state to exempt members of federally-recognized tribes.
The system's equipment sharing program saved $500,000 in its first year but Ronald Loo, who came up with the idea, said it's become about much more than the money.
The position of CEO of Ascension Healthcare will be eliminated effective July 1.
The two systems have signed a non-binding letter of intent and due diligence is expected to take several months.
The Blue Premier model ties total payments to the health systems' ability to manage costs and overall performance, as measured by industry standards.
Tongyu Zhu, director at the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, discusses how connecting data between the public health department and hospitals in Shanghai has improved services for patients.
CVS Caremark, Walmart disagreed over reimbursement rates in the commercial and managed Medicaid pharmacy network.
Blockchain technology enables the flow of information between treatment points regardless of location to ensure patients get the treatment they need, says Shada AlSalamah, a visiting scholar at MIT.
Average total spend per hospital admission rose 18.5 percent between FYs 2015 and 2017, spawning roughly $1.8 million in new spending, study says.
Agency instead offers insurers a reduction in user fees for participating in the Affordable Care Act market.