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The position of CEO of Ascension Healthcare will be eliminated effective July 1.
The Medicare population is estimated to have the highest and fastest growing prevalence of opioid use disorder in the U.S.
The two systems have signed a non-binding letter of intent and due diligence is expected to take several months.
CMS also updates Medicare Advantage value-based insurance design, offering more benefits to attract beneficiaries and increase competition.
Modeled after a robot from the Star Wars films, Relay offers a potential escape hatch for healthcare pros who'd rather avoid lugging stuff around.
The Blue Premier model ties total payments to the health systems' ability to manage costs and overall performance, as measured by industry standards.
Contributing factors include mandates to curb costs, increasing regulatory requirements and growing EHR adoption.
CVS Caremark, Walmart disagreed over reimbursement rates in the commercial and managed Medicaid pharmacy network.
Average total spend per hospital admission rose 18.5 percent between FYs 2015 and 2017, spawning roughly $1.8 million in new spending, study says.
Agency instead offers insurers a reduction in user fees for participating in the Affordable Care Act market.