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Clinical Care
Communities With More Primary Care Docs Have Lower Mortality
A greater primary care physician supply was associated with lower mortality, but the per capita supply did not keep pace...
Utah's Medicaid Expansion Opens Door to Spending Caps Sought by GOP
Utah's proposal to limit federal and state funding on Medicaid is a radical change. Anti-poverty advocates are concerned that caps...
Innovation
BCBS Pilot Targets Chicago, Dallas 'Food Deserts' for Affordable Meals
The initiative hopes that improving access to affordable, nutritious food in underserved areas, particularly for diet-related, chronic conditions, will reduce...
Shrinking Medicaid Rolls In Missouri And Tennessee Raise Flag On Vetting Process
State officials credit low unemployment with a drop in the Medicaid rolls, but patient advocates note that many who've lost...
Pennsylvania AG Accuses UPMC of Ignoring Charity Obligations
The state's Commonwealth Court is being asked to modify the consent decrees governing the relationship between UPMC and Highmark Inc.,...
Clinical Care
Trump Aims to Cut New HIV Infections 90% in 10 Years
The administration outlined a strategy to target geographic "hot spots" and demographic groups at heightened risk of infection, without addressing...
Innovation
A 5-Step Population Health Initiative Could Reduce Your Asthma ED Admissions by Half
A digital therapeutic device is the centerpiece of Dignity Health's model that decreased ED admissions by 54%, improved outcomes, and...
Clinical Care
Sutter Elevates Population Health With C-Suite Role
The health system creates a chief population health officer position to lead new division: Sutter Population Health Services.
Strategy
Dignity Health, CHI Finalize $29B CommonSpirit Health Megamerger
The newly merged, $29 billion system will have a footprint in 21 states, with more than 700 care sites and...
Strategy
HCA Completes $1.5B Mission Health Acquisition
Mission Health will become a for-profit health system, but continue to manage its seven hospitals in western North Carolina, while...
Clinical Care
L.A. Care Awards $3.6M for Physician Recruitment
The nation's largest publicly operated health plan has begun its $31 million initiative to recruit primary care physicians for safety...
Strategy
GraniteOne Health, Dartmouth-Hitchcock in Merger Talks
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health is anchored by the 396-bed Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, the largest hospital in the state. GraniteOne Health...