Community Benefit
CMS initiative aims to boost outcomes, reduce cost and find innovative ways to deliver care to underserved populations.
There may be as many as 30 Republicans poised to vote down the bill.
Tennessee is home to 61 rural hospitals,15 of which are designated critical access facilities, hospital association says.
The survey found that 68 percent of primary care practices are ill-equipped to manage patients' social needs.
The new research indicates that 65 percent of patients saw a physician who had received an industry payment over the previous 12 months.
These requirements add to the ongoing controversy about whether all nonprofit hospitals do enough to deserve a tax break.
The toy company's gift is the largest ever made to the California hospital.
Wisconsin's average penalty for 2017 will be 0.33 percent, which ranks the state at 17th when compared to other states.
Medicaid expansion was a boon for rural hospitals, as millions more Americans gained coverage and were able to pay for care.
The centralized facility is expected to improve laboratory performance and efficiency, reduce costs