Beth Jones Sanborn
HIMSS supports contracting requirement while the Federation of American Hospitals suggests pushing back the program.
Organizations will focus on assessing the feasibility of the new measures within Medicaid and CHIP patient populations.
Struggling healthcare company says provision will thwart any acquisition of a controlling block of stock for six months.
Payout settles allegations of illegal kickbacks paid to clinic owners in exchange for referring patients for labor and delivery services to Tenet facilities.
Ohsumi performed pioneering experiments during the 90's that broadened the understanding of a process called autophagy.
Former West Houston Medical Center chief will assume leadership of Clear Lake October 24 after three decades with HCA, system says.
The new entity, which officials said will be able to expand services, will get a new name.
Lourdes Health in Pasco, Washington, and St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Lewiston, Idaho, will change hands.
Cox will also be banned from participating in federal healthcare programs for four years, including management of administrative services that would be paid for by federal healthcare dollars.
In fact, the sweeping Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, known as MACRA, was known to only 20 percent of physicians surveyed.