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Some promising breakthrough medicines on the market and horizon are going to come with a steep price tag that public payers especially will have to meet head on.
If Elizabeth Holmes has her way, a reinvented blood test will liberate Americans paying for lab tests and help cultivate a new kind of preventative healthcare.
Rule allows certified registered nurse anesthetists to practice in rural and critical access hospitals without direct physician supervision under rules developed by each facility in consultation with the medical staff.
The $80 million facility also features a 60,000-square-foot medical office building as the healthcare provider puts more emphasis on outpatient care.
When Tenet hands over ownership, the hospital will join nonprofit Catholic health system SSM Health, with St. Louis University retaining a minority interest in the hospital.
As usual, ambulatory health centers led the hiring, adding 28,000 jobs in May, while hospitals added 16,000 jobs.
New rules released Thursday include a third track for providers to take on higher risk and to share in increased savings.
Leaders of two warring healthcare healthcare institutions argue that a near-duopoly will benefit consumers and patients. The trouble is that a 60-year-old piece of the tax code leaves many without real choice.
The states that set up their own insurance marketplaces have nothing to lose in King v. Burwell, the big Supreme Court case that will be decided by the end of June. But that doesn't mean those states are breathing easy.
The United States Department of Justice has settled a lawsuit with Health Management Associates and the former HMA-owned Clearview Regional Medical Center in Georgia for $595,155.