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The use of preoperative beta blockers, tobacco use, and surgical site infections were independent predictors of readmission within 30 days, but day of discharge was not.
Security and privacy standards and mimicking a social media approach may be the next logical steps, one expert says.
The death toll stood at 11 Friday and two hospitals had been badly damaged, forced to evacuate.
CMS takes credit for introducing waivers and a reinsurance program for insurers to submit high-cost claims into a risk pool.
Whether consumers will benefit from clout, data, lower pricing or not is up for debate.
University of Michigan raised $5 billion, with more than $1.4 billion to be directed to advance patient care, research and education at Michigan Medicine.
No hospital in the state will be penalized the maximum allowable 3 percent, but nine will be hit with 1 percent or more.
Comprehensive new primary, urgent care clinic set to open and at least 10 more are planned and could include specialty care as well.
Spending by private payers has grown at a faster clip, with growth hitting 7.4 percent compared to 2.3 percent for public payer spending.
Aetna's divestiture of Medicare Part D prescription drug plans to WellCare would fully resolve DOJ concerns.