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The hospital owners will pay $31.9 million to the United States and $10 million to the State of California, the DOJ said.
Only 8 percent describe themselves as "deeply knowledgeable" about the program and its requirements, the survey said.
Market forces driving negative trends include consumerism, denials and complex contracts, documentation demands and bad integrations, Advisory Board says.
Shortage of 20 to 30,000 physicians by 2025 possible; Nurse practitioner trainees now represent 19 percent of all medical trainees, expert says.
Recovery effort came with a price tag of roughly $118 per claim, or as much as $8.6 billion in appeals-related administrative costs, Change Healthcare said.
Decisions are affected by emotions, bias, social context; the solution is design, expert says.
Whatever hours they're at their best is when Texas Health Resources wants them to work, system says.
Bill is part of proposed reforms that supplement the American Health Care Act; Trump administration pledged to support the tort reform legislation.
Medicaid pays for about two-thirds of 1.4 million elderly in nursing homes; it covers 20 percent of Americans, 40 percent of elderly poor adults.
Per agreement, lawyer fees will soak up a third of the $115 million fund, boiling down to less than a dollar each for the 78.8 million breach victims.