Jeff Lagasse
Overdoses kill 90 people in the United States each day; opioid poisonings cost more than $20 billion in emergency departments, hospital care.
Eliminating the waiting room sends the message that the hospital is waiting for the patients, not the other way around, said Feinberg.
However, a roll-back of Affordable Care Act policies tied to Medicare and CHIP funding could present new challenges to the sector.
Agency predicts the new opportunities will mean 25 percent of clinicians in QPP will be a part of the APMs.
Hospitals are being sold for about $45 million, "including working capital" deal is expected to close next year.
Affiliation and coalition have advantages like combining of operations and increased system efficiency; full integration provides the most benefit.
Another 2.9 million renewed their coverage as the deadline for January coverage looms.
Partnership will be guided in part by a 10-year strategy, and will also support Vice President Joe Biden's National Cancer Moonshot initiative.
Five of the six drugs with the highest cumulative price increases over the study period were marketed by Valeant Pharmaceuticals.
Patients experienced more than 3 million fewer of these adverse events during that period.