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Specific excise taxes based on a percentage of retail price reduce the incentive to switch down to cheaper options, WHO says.
James Hinton will succeed retiring president and CEO Joel Allison, who led Baylor Scott and White for 23 years.
Partner Fund Management was a major investor in Theranos, backing it with a $96.1 million investment in 2014.
Almost 400,000 cardioverter defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization defibrillators could stop working with little notice, system says.
Massive settlement with DOJ allows EpiPen maker to avoid admitting wrongdoing in how it has classified the emergency allergy treatment since 2007.
Obamacare an issue at ugly, bitter debate, but claims about cost spikes were exaggerated, experts say.
When the center opens in August 2017 it will be the only facility in the country with a gantry dedicated to basic research.
Agency says the hospitals would have a dominant market share of inpatient services in a 21-county area.
The hospitals will generate combined revenues of approximately $215 million and break even in terms of profit.
Money will be used to grow the company's payment network, which links up with hospitals' existing IT systems.