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New research found that 90 percent of providers would purchase medications from the joint venture with SSM and Trinity Health but one group is not so thrilled about the novel approach.
Lab data on the 48 million consumers enrolled in UnitedHealthcare will help insurer reduce risk.
Hospitals that kept costs the lowest used data to get a full picture of options, did benchmark pricing against peers, and got buy-in from surgical staff on the effort.
Plans may be losing out on millions in missing the 20- to 40-percent of buyers who are not ready to sign up for Medicare at age 65.
When practices merge, duplication and miscommunication can be unhappy side effects that have negative consequences for both finances and clinical quality. Here are missteps to avoid.
LifeBridge said they discovered the breach on March 18, which involved malware that infected the server that hosts their EMR, patient registration and billing systems.
As the 2019 transition approaches, finding expertise to support changing payment models will become more difficult, and likely expensive.
Taking a disciplined approach to re-negotiating contracts with your top vendors enables hospitals to leverage power they might not know they have and achieve immediate results.
Joint operating agreement stipulates shared governance, financials which will be led by Advocate Children's President Mike Farrell.
New regional network would include Exeter Health Resources and Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in New Hampshire as a subsidiary of Massachusetts General.