Risk Management
Through 2019, these networks will work to achieve a 20 percent decrease in overall patient harm and a 12 percent reduction in 30-day hospital readmissions.
In fact, charges in the third quarter of 2015 were actually higher than charges in previous quarters.
MedPAC's analysis found that one-star hospitals saw an average of 78 percent of admissions through emergency departments while five-star hospitals were closer to 36 percent.
At the same time, health plans spend more than $654 million per year in unnecessary claims resolution calls, HealthEdge found.
USC's Keck and Norris Hospital restored data within days of the incident and did not pay a ransom, an official said.
Tran has led finance teams for several top-ranked health plans.
BCBS of Nebraska's decision cuts the number of insurers offering products on that state's exchange from four in 2016 to two in 2017.
In Nov. 2012, Women & Infants reported a data breach after discovering that two backup tapes including unencrypted personal health information on 14,000 people went missing.
A disproportionate number of patients discharged from safety-net hospitals lack access to resources that are needed at that point, such as social support and primary care.
The grants will fund researchers' investigations into a broad range of environmental exposures that can impact children's long-term health.