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Dubbed 'Operation Avalanche,' alleged fraud ring involved three Brooklyn clinics that spawned illegal oxycodone prescriptions, fraudulent Medicare claims.
Decreased federal funding, staffing demands, risk-based contracts drive negative outlook amidst political uncertainty, ratings firm says.
More consumers use those platforms and comment on them, creating a real-time feedback loop, Foundation says.
J. David Cox Sr. demanded leaders address the issues but refrain from using report as fuel for privatization talk.
Metro Community Provider Network failed to create a security management plan to protect patient data, an HHS investigation found.
Controversial proposal by the Health and Human Services Department drew letters from 4,000 organizations, individuals in 20-day comment period.
Issues include dirty supply storage areas, canceled procedures due to supply shortages, use of expired equipment on patients, report says.
Study found that the combined impact of all three programs netted $32 million in cost savings in 2015.
Providers, researchers, hospital leaders are expected to use the reports to help raise awareness on health disparities, develop interventions.
Without the cost-sharing reduction payments that allow insurers to lower deductibles, premiums in silver plans could jump by 19 percent, study says.