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With 75 percent of health orgs implementing or planning to execute an AI strategy, OptumIQ said top benefits are improving patient experience and decreasing per-capita care costs.

If approved by the Court, the agreement will resolve more than two years of civil antitrust litigation.

Case study: Revised paper statements and new digital patient portal drove a 38% improvement in self-pay collections, a 21% reduction in cost-per-dollar collected and patient satisfaction rose from 28% to more than 50%.

A trio of wildfires has devoured tens of thousands of acres in California, killing at least 29 people.

Of more than 2,600 hospitals graded, a total of 32 percent earned A's, 24 percent earned B's, 37 scored C's, 6 percent got D's and just under 1 percent received an F.

Quorum ended the first nine months of 2018 with a net loss of $179.5 million, compared to an $87.4 million net loss in the same period last year.

Tenet adjusts its outlook for 2018, now forecasting expected net income of $84 million to $144 million, the system says.

The PA Program's first class is anticipated to begin in fall 2020 with goal of maintaining care access levels, shrinking gaps especially in rural areas.

Black Book surveyed nearly 4,500 hospital and health system CFOs, Finance and RCM vice-presidents, others to come up the top performers.

Eighteen transactions were recorded in the third quarter of 2018, a 38 percent decrease over the 29 deals recorded in the third quarter of 2017.