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Some high-priced drugs like Sovaldi, a hepatitis C drug which initially cost $84,000, involved no rebates until other competitors came to market.
Despite a rise in operating revenue of $117 million, system struggled under the weight of increases in operating expenses, documents show.
High cost, lack of affordability most common factors that lead consumers to cancel health insurance coverage, two reports say.
Of 37 provider-sponsored health plans that have formed since 2010, only four were profitable in 2015, according to a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation report.
Failure to conduct minimal documentation reviews left the incentive program open to abuse of federal funds, agency says.
FHG and its hospitalists intentionally upcoded evaluation and management codes to the highest code levels in billing Medicare, DOJ says.
Part of the reason, the report said, is because independent doctors are largely entering into partnerships with each other.
Current CEO John Flannery will be replaced by Kieran Murphy, who is currently president and CEO of GE Healthcare Life Sciences.
Deadline to submit proposed measures for consideration is June 30, 2017.
CHI Health closed Creighton University Medical Center Friday morning, website announced.