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Two hospitals in the Brookwood Medical Center/Baptist Health System network in central Alabama have appointed new chief financial officers for their respective leadership teams.

Intermountain Healthcare is rolling out mobile, cloud-based rounding and audit compliance tools powered by Nashville-based ReadyPoint.

Racial and ethnic minority populations are more likely than their white counterparts to be readmitted within 30 days of discharge for certain chronic conditions.

Deficiencies found in an audit of Cigna-HealthSpring operations has prompted the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to temporarily bar Cigna from enrolling new customers to its Medicare Advantage and stand-alone prescription drug plans, and from marketing efforts, according to CMS.

Donald Trump is calling for a change in the way Medicare deals with big pharma prices, a revision long targeted by Democrats.

Unlike insurance sold to individuals and small businesses through online marketplaces, large employers are not required to offer a list of "essential health benefits." 

CHI St. Luke's Health announced Monday that Jenny Barnett-Sarpalius will lead the Texas Division as their new chief financial officer. She has served as interim CFO of that division for the last 90 days, and her new role is effective immediately, the company said Monday.

Biopharmaceutical company Emmaus Life Sciences has raised approximately $1.7 million in gross proceeds from the sale of common shares to Korea Bio Medical Science Institute as part of a collaboration agreement between the two companies.

Health insurer Centene Corp. on Monday said it has lost six hard drives containing the health information of about 950,000 beneficiaries.

The owner and manager of three home healthcare agencies, all located in the Miami area, has been convicted in a scheme that defrauded Medicare for $40 million, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday.