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Community Health Systems is set to unload two more hospitals than originally planned, bringing the total number to 12, according to a transcript of a second-quarter earnings call.

Fewer than one-fifth of U.S. hospitals indicate they regularly review the patient-reported measures to guide medical care, according to a new survey from Health Catalyst.

Banner Health revealed that hackers may have accessed the healthcare, payment and health plan information of up to 3.7 million individuals.

Consumers face steep rate hikes next year. Some will be forced to make a difficult choice: pay a higher price to keep their plans -- and doctors -- or switch plans to save money but risk losing their doctors.

According to researchers at the University of Michigan, the more a hospital relies on its ICU to treat heart patients, the worse their results are, especially when it comes to 30-day morbidity.

Evidence suggests the technology can assist clinicians in earlier detection of patient deterioration, helping to reduce patient length of stay, minimize use of intensive care units, reduce falls and pressure ulcers and avoid cardiac and respiratory arrests.

Premier Inc. is joining forces with America's Essential Hospitals, which champions care for vulnerable populations, in a bid to improve quality, cost and population health at its member hospitals.

The agency is distributing close to $6 billion in uncompensated care payments over the next fiscal year, a decrease of about $400 million.

The $117 million deal will only happen if regulators approve their merger.

Medicare beneficiaries in certain Iowa and Illinois counties will have more options come the next open enrollment period.