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Clinician hiring tied to population health programs also threatens to drive up expenses, the credit rating agency says.

Association and hospitals say the user fee is discriminatory, flawed and possibly unconstitutional.

Standard form EHR contracts can be a bit tricky to negotiate, according to Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.

Pending law allows taxpayers to apply for a state income tax credit for donations to these struggling facilities.

Company says discussions are in a preliminary stage, there is no timeline established for the exploration. Meanwhile, CHS spin-off Quorum Health Corp, faces a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of shareholders.

Transaction is expected to cut more than $10 million in annual interest, lead to gains of $125 million in present value savings, system says.

For the year, HTA has now invested more than $600 million in medical office buildings totaling 2 million square feet, almost 60 percent of which are located on hospital campuses.

To be successful in the Medicare Shared Savings Program, a provider has to participate in value-based care across the health system. That's according to the CMO of one that earned the third largest total savings in its third year in the program.

Despite dip in statewide margin, 80 percent of the state's 65 hospitals are ending the year with a net profit, a new report shows.

Population health is prompting systems to seek spots that grant a high level of visibility, where signage and architecture play a larger role than they typically have in the past.