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Top stories include Houston Methodist lifting margins, and outsourcing revenue cycle operations.
Consumers who sign up will have access to in-network services at WellStar's 11 hospitals and other providers in Georgia.
The group is pressing CMS to make 2018 another transition year, more cybersecurity incentives and to streamline multiple Meaningful Use programs.
Affordable Care Act's fate is coming into question as healthcare organizations move into the new world of value-based care and other advances.
The global healthcare technology association has launched a search for his replacement.
However, a roll-back of Affordable Care Act policies tied to Medicare and CHIP funding could present new challenges to the sector.
Almost 70 percent cited cash flow and reimbursement as their top concerns, with similar numbers saying waiting for payment is painful.
Agency predicts the new opportunities will mean 25 percent of clinicians in QPP will be a part of the APMs.
Patients sometimes find an additional charge, generally between $30 and $200, tacked onto their bill for visiting overnight.
U.S. regulators recently approved two new colonoscopes designed to be used just once and thrown away; they will sell for $250 or less apiece.