Beth Jones Sanborn
When the transaction is complete, Community Health Systems affiliates will still operate four hospitals in South Carolina.
The death toll stood at 11 Friday and two hospitals had been badly damaged, forced to evacuate.
University of Michigan raised $5 billion, with more than $1.4 billion to be directed to advance patient care, research and education at Michigan Medicine.
Comprehensive new primary, urgent care clinic set to open and at least 10 more are planned and could include specialty care as well.
Patients pickup harmful MRSA bacteria from touching dogs but stricter adherence to hand washing among solutions to eliminating the risk, study says.
Prices for devices varied within each country studied as well, except for France where prices stayed largely uniform for all devices.
CMS will now post new performance information on their website, including quality-of-care deficiency findings, and will refine the process for gauging an AOs ability to assess compliance.
Research findings indicate that "meaningful" reduction of variations in care is doable and more effective than traditional cost-cutting.
Hemodialysis costs Medicare $80,000 per patient yearly; Researchers say use of nephrologist to slow progression could save Medicare $730 million.
Hood said she sees the role as a combination of aspiring and taking action to create a more inclusive workplace.