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The Department of Veterans Affairs publicly announced on Wednesday that is formally removed three senior officials from the Phoenix VA Health Care System in the continuing wait-time scandal.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has temporarily suspended its review of short stay patient claims to give reviewers time to improve the standardization around the two midnight rule, CMS said in a June 6 update.

In a new rule issued Wednesday, CMS is shutting down loopholes that allow short-term plans to operate outside the policies governing the ACA's single risk pool.

While reforms tied to the Affordable Care Act have most healthcare providers focusing on quality and efficiency, financial experts say the dramatic change in business model is driving improvement in credit ratings.

Gardens Regional Hospital and Medical Center, which operates in a depressed section of southern Los Angeles, has filed for bankruptcy.

Mercy Health in Cincinnati has announced that Fairfield Hospital is undergoing a $14 million renovation to enhance patient care in surgery and inpatient and outpatient endoscopy.

Lonny Shavelson's practice will be focused on consulting not only with physicians whose patients request aid-in-dying, but also with patients themselves. Shavelson worries that patients may seek aid-in-dying because they are in pain. So first, he would like all his patients to be enrolled in hospice care.

Clinical event notifications promote well coordinated, patient-centric care for New York Health Plan members.

The Food and Drug Administration removed an obstacle from of its "compassionate use" policy this month, eliminating some paperwork that physicians must do to obtain experimental drugs for some patients with immediately life-threatening illnesses.

CMS has seen no adverse health outcomes due to the new fee schedule.