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American Hospital Association President Rick Pollack said the organization is opposed to a $34 billion reduction in critical services.

The voluntary Intermountain Partners in Healing program enables patients' family members to perform various tasks both in the hospital and at home after discharge.

Factors driving the growth of the market include decreasing reimbursements, loss of revenue due to billing errors, and regulatory mandates for the adoption of EHRs.

Nationally, medical expenditures earmarked for obesity and related ailments rose 29 percent from 2001 to 2015. Here's a look at which states spend the most, and least, treating the condition.

The daylong HIMSS18 pre-conference symposium will address the unprecedented level of communication, information sharing, and data integration hospitals, payers and policymakers must undertake in the shift from volume to value.

Medical decision are being made in the hub of a large system quite the way there were just a few short years ago.

Supporters maintained that tax increases would be offset by the elimination of insurance premiums, copays and other costs.

The potential ability to lower the cost and target insured employees in a personalized, digital way better and more effectively than traditional providers and insurers has many in the sector taking notice.

Fourth quarter challenges included an increase in flu-related costs and additional expense due to the lack of cost sharing reduction payments, company says.

The new bipartisan organization, which includes Mark Cuban, Andy Richter, Bradley Whitford, Atul Gawande, former CMS head Mark McClellan and several hospital CEOs, will advocate for policies that lower care costs while improving access.