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Even if it's passed into law, proposed legislation to force price disclosures is unlikely to create the kind of competition that affect prices.
Hospitals named in the suit include Vanderbilt Medical Center, Atrium Health, Rush University Medical Center, Ochsner Clinic Foundation and Montefiore Health System.
By creating economies of scale with a full-service supply chain, University of Missouri Health Care was able to improve its bottom line.
Also, seven new insurers join America's Health Insurance Plans including Bright Health; CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield.
CMS' renewed interest in mandatory bundled payments includes the possibility of additional participation for oncology and other providers.
Expansion will be located within the current MGH campus and will include a 12-story pair of connected towers; funding efforts are already underway.
Spending for retail prescription drugs reached $333.4 billion in 2017, and those rising costs represent 10 percent of overall healthcare spend.
Arizona is the first state to exempt members of federally-recognized tribes.
The system's equipment sharing program saved $500,000 in its first year but Ronald Loo, who came up with the idea, said it's become about much more than the money.
Having a high deductible health plan without a health savings account was associated with greater hardship compared with low deductible insurance.