Jeff Lagasse
As a result, bridging the health gap between certain groups hasn't been as effective as it could be, authors said.
Other groups still lag behind whites when it comes to the quality of their care, at least when it comes to diabetes or hypertension control.
Rosenthal recalled the days when insurers covered everything, and employers paid the premiums, which desensitized Americans to how much things cost.
The beleaguered status of these holdings comes as CHS is divesting 10 of its low-performing hospitals in a bid to reduce its debt by about $975M.
Legal documents filed with the state last week from the patient's attorney allege her neurosurgeon operated unnecessarily on the tumor.
The authors tout education as the most prudent means of addressing the issue.
That step, they say, would keep Medicare Advantage relevant, to the benefit of patients in the Medicare program.
Construction is expected to last for 18 months, and is the first major upgrade to the hospital in 36 years.
Perhaps complicating the picture is the cost of implementing a quality improvement program, the authors said.
Barriers to conversations on cost transparency included patients' fear of being "profiled" based on their socioeconomic status or ability to pay.