Jeff Lagasse

Making Choices Michigan offers free advance directive services that Great Lakes Health Connect enables clinicians to access, and Community Manager Carol Robinson said doing so helps the organizations pursue the Triple Aim.

Cindy Frey is accusing the hospital of negligence in its diagnosis and treatment of the legendary singer-songwriter.

Weingart Foundation also gave $7.5 million. The South Los Angeles' medical group will use the $15 million to help eliminate the physician shortage problem, which it estimates to be about 1,200 primary care and specialty doctors too few in the area.

The analysis cited uncertainty surrounding the tax and healthcare bills as one of the major contributors to the dip, along with a tight labor market.

Meanwhile, prescription drug prices jumped 1 percent after a 0.6 percent rise late last year.

Since 2008, executives and employees of the companies have invested more than $30 million in the three real estate investment trusts.

The condition is costing the overall economy at least $80 billion per year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and that means providers, researchers and IT vendors should pinpoint better disease management techniques to reduce that expense.

Differences among midwestern states -- also including Iowa, Nebraska and North Dakota -- shine a light for hospital executives and policymakers alike on what state policies can achieve in insurance markets.

Older patients visiting the emergency department who received specialized geriatric care were admitted to the hospital 36 percent of the time, compared to the 53 percent who did not receive this attention.

The operating loss per physician jumped from a 10 percent loss of net revenue to a 17.5 percent loss.