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Eyeing fast-growing urban and suburban markets where demand for health care services is outstripping supply, some health care systems are opening tiny, full-service hospitals with comprehensive emergency services but often fewer than a dozen inpatient beds.
Three participating providers in Next Generation have dropped out, with two citing financial targets as the reason for the departure.
Hospital employment increased by 1.7 percent from May 2010 to May 2014, with physicians and surgeons leading the charge, their employment growing 25.5 percent over that time, according to a MedPAC analysis of Bureau of Labor statistics.
The hacker broke into organizations on the HL7 network, the security firm has found, and has since put those records up for sale on the dark web. The security firm also said TheDarkOverlord is actively looking for more servers to hack in healthcare.
Aetna and Gateway Health are forming an accountable care organization and releasing a new individual insurance plan to sell on Healthcare.gov in time for the 2017 open enrollment period, both organizations said.
New failures are piling up among the member-run health insurance co-ops carrying out one of the Affordable Care Act's most idealistic goals, leaving just seven remaining when the health law's fourth enrollment season starts in the fall.
Another Affordable Care Act co-op has gone under due to the federal risk adjustment mandate and four more are expected to disappear by the fall, leaving the number of working co-ops at the start of the new enrollment season at seven.
With Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt announcing to the Senate Finance Committee Wednesday that the implementation of MACRA may be delayed, physician groups are weighing in, generally agreeing that a delay would benefit smaller practices in particular.
Red Oak claims self-insured or fully insured companies and their coverage plans administered by UnitedHealthcare have conspired to embezzle funds through a process called recoupment.
A new report released today by healthcare nonprofit The Leapfrog Group, and analyzed by Castlight Health, said that only 47 percent of hospitals reporting in the 2015 Leapfrog Hospital Survey have the recommended coverage in place regarding intensivists -- highly specialized physicians who work in intensive care units.