Operations
The health system reported a fourth-quarter loss of $79 million, or 79 cents a share, on revenue of $4.86 billion.
UPMC reported net income of $616 million for the past six months, driven by a 14 percent jump in health plan revenue.
But the practice raises questions about whether the approach really leads to more effective and efficient healthcare.
Researchers estimated that in 2015 there were 263,600 cases of skin cancer that could be attributed to indoor tanning.
Humble allegedly paid kickbacks of 30 percent of facility fees to 103 physicians in exchange for their referrals.
Evans was previously senior vice president of strategic planning for the HCA Gulf Coast Division.
The statewide experiment aims to test new payment systems, prevent unnecessary treatments, constrain overall growth in the cost of services and drugs, and address public health problems such as opioid abuse.
Patients treated in these hospitals have on average, a 27.1 percent lower risk of dying than if they were treated in hospitals that did not receive the award, Healthgrades says.
About 81 percent of U.S. healthcare organizations and 76 percent of global healthcare organizations will increase information security spending in 2017.
Both systems bring expansive resources to new partnership, which leadership says will allow broader access to healthcare services.