Beth Jones Sanborn

A pair of physicians and one Las Vegas practice are under fire for an array of alleged offenses including fraud and identity theft.

Arrowhead Regional and Daviess Community Hospital both went from rock bottom to top of the class by optimizing EHRs, instituting accountability and banking on the human element.

Spokesperson says the details are still being worked out about physical locations or shared access to care services and they hope to finalize the arrangement this year.

American Hospital Association says that telehealth and connectivity are in jeopardy due to big cuts to rural healthcare.

As original estimates of how many specimens were destroyed doubled from 2,000 to 4,000, chief executive Thomas Zenty explained how the hospital is handling the situation.

Hospitals are doing their part in cost control by streamlining care, cutting readmissions, adopting new reimbursement models so big pharma must shift focus off marketing and onto its own cost-cutting, the groups say.

In the semi-annual ratings report, five individual hospitals went from F to A.

The firm pointed to strain of expenses and stalled revenue growth as the core reasons.

Letter from numerous groups to Seema Verma called out policy changes, slow updates to QPP website and "lack of timely notification" as reasons to shorten the 2018 reporting period.

Renamed Truven Health Analytics research initiative found that the highest performers achieved better care consistency and alignment across facilities.