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Community Health Systems has named Tim Hingtgen their new president and chief operating officer, the company announced Thursday.

Now that hospitals have themselves combined, in many cases, into companies that dominate their communities, insurance executives argue the only way to fight bigness is bigness.

Karen DeSalvo, MD, revealed on Thursday that she is resigning as head of the National Coordinator for Health IT.

The Mount Sinai Health System in New York has formed a research affiliation with Stony Brook Medicine, a state-run health system and medical school on New York's Long Island, and will collaborate on research, academic programs, and clinical care initiatives.

Elderly and disabled Californians were less likely to go to the emergency room or be hospitalized after their in-home caregivers participated in an intensive training program, according to a report.

Healthcare executives saw salaries decrease during the last year, even though pay for doctors and physician assistants, IT pros rose.

CRH Healthcare, an Atlanta, Georgia-based urgent care center operator, has acquired the assets of Patients First's seven centers, CRH announced.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has updated its five-star quality ratings for nursing homes that will likely alter the current ratings.

The cost to implement information technology needed to meet federal mandates for value-based care is taking a financial toll on physician-owned multispecialty practices, according to the Medical Group Management Association.

Aetna has sent a letter to over 900 physicians, telling them they fall within the top 1 percent of opioid prescribers.