Susan Morse

Smaller practices that may not have the capital to invest in systems and staff to manage the coding change may seek out mergers, joint ventures or other partnerships.

Expenses are climbing by 8 percent this year over last, from $416 billion in 2014 to $608 billion in 2015, according to a new report from Kalorama Information.

New Hampshire ACO's goal is to have capitation make up 70 percent of reimbursements, dropping fee-for-service from its current 50 percent to 30 percent.

Seven cooperatives will split the funds.

Trinity Hospital Twin City CFO Woodrow W. Hathaway Jr. retires after 41 years in the healthcare industry.

Dr. Aria O. Sabit profited by convincing patients to undergo spinal fusion surgeries with instrumentation that he never used.

The change will affect 10,000 workers, an estimated 7 percent of the 150,000 in the system's workforce, according to Ascension, the nation's largest Catholic and nonprofit health network.

The further reimbursement cuts are expected push margins of an estimated 40 percent of all home health providers into loss territory.

Since Medicaid expansion coverage began last year, emergency room visits by the uninsured dropped by 22 percent this year, compared to 17 percent in 2014.

The move, they hope, will contribute to lowering an estimated 1,300 patient deaths nationwide each year attributed mistakes associated with surgeries conducted too infrequently at medical facilities.