Jeff Lagasse
Barriers to conversations on cost transparency included patients' fear of being "profiled" based on their socioeconomic status or ability to pay.
Without an individual mandate, young adults were more likely to lose health insurance.
Improving the percentage has the potential to lower costs for patients and the overall healthcare system.
Even though it didn't identify any actual misuse of the information, Beacon is offering affected patients access to free identity monitoring.
Its affiliated home care agency had submitted claim forms on which an employee had essentially cut-and-pasted the required physician signatures.
Yelp ratings were found to have a positive correlation with hospitals with lower 30-day readmission rates, building on prior evidence.
Among voters, 44 percent said they would be less likely to vote for a Senator or member of Congress who supports the revised bill.
The CBO said 23 million more people would be uninsured by 2026, with older and sicker Americans being hit hardest.
Mission Regional is five-star rated for maternity care and is ranked in the top 10 percent in the nation for joint replacement.
The groups have expressed particular opposition to slashed funding for the NIH, FDA and CHIP.