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New charity organization will offer no- and low-cost consulting services to troubled community hospitals.
Cutting down on negative physician bias towards obesity could yield better treatment, patient outcomes.
Division manages 15 community hospitals across the area, operates ten freestanding emergency centers.
Company said they feared consumer backlash, further financial harm if refunds were not allowed, Dallas News said.
Only about 20 percent of health outcomes are determined by clinical care, yet it accounts for the majority of healthcare investments, report says.
Their annual Benefits Survey involved more than 196 hospitals across 86 participating health systems in the eastern United States.
Hospital, system leaders need to be prepared for these types of costs and gauge short, long-term financial goals accordingly.
Settlement resolves allegations that Celgene promoted cancer drugs Thalomid, Revlimid for uses not approved by the FDA.
Company has been on downward financial slope for months, cites dropping patient admissions as cause.
Narrow bill would also eliminate the Affordable Care Act's penalties for employers with 50 or more workers who fail to offer health coverage.