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Strategy
Florida Hospital Settles Dispute Over Unborn Baby's Records
The agreement marks the first of its kind since the HHS Office for Civil Rights launched its Rights of Access...
Strategy
Are Your Business Affiliates in Trouble? Prepare to Let CMS Know
The agency finalized a rule to strengthen the government's ability to prevent fraud and block providers from federal health programs.
Strategy
29 Texas Hospitals Sue Drugmakers for Opioid Crisis
The move comes more than a week after the state of Oklahoma won its landmark lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson...
Finance
California to Require Kaiser Permanente to Follow Financial Disclosure Laws
Gov. Gavin Newsom has 10 days to respond to the Legislature's actions regarding the major payer-provider organization.
CMS Expands Star Ratings for Exchange Health Plans
Starting with the 2020 enrollment period, Health Exchange plans in every state will be graded on a five-star quality rating....
Clinical Care
Doctors Can Change Opioid Prescribing Habits, But Progress Comes In Small Doses
After guidelines for operations were issued in October 2017, surgeons in Michigan reduced by nearly one-third the number of pills...
Clinical Care
Industry Dollars Reach Half of NCI Cancer Center Heads
One-quarter got general payments of 'significant financial interest.'
Trump Administration Moves To Make Health Care Costs More Transparent
Consumer advocates argue that transparency can help tackle rising healthcare costs. But the plan also has the potential to overwhelm...
Finance
CMS Unveils Sweeping Proposed Mandates on Hospital Pricing Transparency
Under the proposed rule hospitals would have to make their 'real, negotiated prices known to patients.'
Finance
Days After CEO Departs, HCSC CFO Exits As Well
Health Care Service Corporation CFO Eric Feldstein had been with the company since 2016.
Strategy
7 Strategies for ACO Success
The report comes amid projections that Medicare spending will exceed $1.5 trillion by 2028, which is more than double the...
Clinical Care
Boston Hospital Reports Disciplining of Renowned Child Abuse Skeptic
Last September, ProPublica examined Dr. Michael Holick's work as an expert witness for alleged abusers. In the wake of the...