Community Benefit

But spending on community programs still a small slice of the tax savings these health systems receive.

Dozens of advocates for saving rural hospitals from closure marched into Washington D.C. on Monday, after walking 283 miles to signify the 283 rural hospitals that are on the brink of closure.

It will be up to state officials and Congress to help consumers who can’t afford health insurance if the Supreme Court strikes down health law subsidies for millions of Americans, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell said Wednesday.

Seven organizations scored $250,000 over two years to expand their projects while 11 organizations received $75,000 to start budding projects.

Entrepreneur claims direct-to-consumer laboratory testing and price transparency are an integral piece of health reform and a solution to America's disease and cost problems.

California is asking the federal government for permission to use Medicaid money to help put the most medically fragile homeless people in housing.

Invitae has rolled out a one-price-fits-all payment model for its range of tests, charging a set $475 for any test for patients who don't go through their health insurance.

“Not all readmissions can or should be prevented; indeed, some are planned as part of sound clinical care,” AHA says.

More than two-thirds of the estimated reduction, or $5 billion, was in states opting to expand Medicaid to uninsured low-income adults.

The consumer demand for price transparency is growing as patients pay more out-of-pocket expenses as deductibles rise.