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Even hospitals that are successful at reducing 30-day readmissions today are compared against peers -- and that means they have to continuously get better just to keep up.

The approximately $5 billion Philadelphia health system gains 3,000 employees, more than 1,000 active physicians and expands its reach into densely-populated central New Jersey.

AHIP, which added 12 new insurer members last year, said it remains a strong advocacy organization for payers and consumers.

If future policies are adopted that eliminate Medicaid expansion and slash the number of insured Americans, experts say many hospitals will fail and be forced to close their doors.

Experts will help lay the groundwork for optimizing your revenue cycle for a patient-centered approach at the March 5 event in Las Vegas.

Insurers see the payments as one of the stabilizing factors in offering individual coverage through the Affordable Care Act.

Baylor Scott & White Health physicians will have access to the EHR data stream to offer better insights into the cost and impact of their orders.

Forming even informal arrangements with Area Agencies on Aging can help a hospital's bottom line by keeping 30-day readmission rates down and reduce avoidable nursing home usage as part of population health management programs.

Health systems are using NLP tools to maximize the performance of existing risk arrangements and expand participation in value-based care programs.

The agency's Innovation Center said the new Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced model is the first advanced APM that would qualify under MACRA.