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In 2010, avoidable hospitalizations for dually-eligible beneficiaries in long-term care was 227 per 1,000 beneficiaries; 2015 rate was 157 per 1,000.
Agency intends to modify 2017 requirements for reporting eCQM data under the Inpatient Quality Reporting and EHR incentive programs for hospitals.
Settlement will require McKesson to hire an independent monitor to assess compliance, the first of its kind in a CSA civil penalty settlement, the DOJ said.
Hospitals are showing a greater interest in family caregivers in part because of new penalties for hospital readmissions, expert says.
After the ACA's expansion of Medicaid eligibility, subsidies for marketplace insurance goes away, number would eventually hit 32 million.
Year-over-year revenues grew by 18 percent; company expects close to $200 billion in revenues for 2017.
Many orphan medicines, originally developed to treat diseases affecting fewer than 200,000 people, come with astronomical price tags.
Two former managers in interviews with KHN said they felt pushed to contribute or to nudge their subordinates into giving money to the PAC.
The infection was resistant to all available 27 antimicrobial drugs, the CDC said.
The goal is to boost patient care by connecting its hospitals and physicians on one unified system.