Community Benefit
The consumer demand for price transparency is growing as patients pay more out-of-pocket expenses as deductibles rise.
Average enrollment in company plans was essentially unchanged between 2014 and 2015 at 74 percent of all workers.
Baptist Health, Cleveland Clinic among healthcare providers named to Ethisphere's 2015 list for their work in ethics and compliance, corporate citizenship and innovation and reputation.
In addition to labor and benefits, hospitals pumped local economies with more than $782 million in expenditures on goods and services in 2013.
Bill reduces funding for critical access hospitals treating uninsured patients from $5 million to $1 million.
Within a year, HCCI expects to let members of UnitedHealthcare, Aetna, Assurant and Humana track spending on a companion site and check how switching caregivers could lower their out-of-pocket costs.
Some Kaiser patients still have to wait weeks or even months to see a therapist or psychiatrist, which violates state laws intended to ensure timely access to mental health treatment.
CEO Stephen Klasko pitches telehealth, clinic focus as he manages the merger between the top academic medical center and the suburban Abington Health hospital system.
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