Healthcare executive salaries rise as officers reap benefits of performance incentives, expanded roles, survey says

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/healthcare-executive-salaries-rise-officers-reap-benefits-performance-incentives-expanded-roles?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRous6XJZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4IScRqI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D

Overall, executives saw a 6.9 percent rise in total cash compensation.

Henry Schein soars on healthcare consolidation, integrated delivery networks as hospital execs seek supply chain help

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/henry-schein-soars-healthcare-consolidation-integrated-delivery-networks-hospital-execs-seek?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRous6XJZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4IScRqI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D

Company has seen more supply chain executives at the hospital level get involved with purchasing decisions.

As epidemic grows, the cost of drug addiction weighs on hospital finances

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/epidemic-grows-cost-drug-addiction-weighs-hospital-finances?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRous6XJZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4IScRqI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D

Systems test out pilot programs that help keep addicts from ending up in the emergency room.

Turning Value-Based Health Care into a Real Business Model

https://hbr.org/2015/10/turning-value-based-health-care-into-a-real-business-model?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+harvardbusiness+%28HBR.org%29

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Harvard startup promises progress in treating deadly sepsis

http://upstart.bizjournals.com/news/technology/2015/10/09/harvard-startup-promises-progress-in-treating.html?ana=e_ptl_hc&u=FAuoHGaGEPdmk4X6khnaiw045b16af&t=1444506368&page=all

Sepsis, Wyss Institute

In the Wyss Institute’s approach to sepsis therapy, the pathogen-binding FcMBL protein is tethered to the interior of hollow fibers within the cartridge. This cartridge can be plugged into a dialysis-like extracorporeal circuit through which the blood from patients with sepsis could be run and cleansed.

Moda Health’s financial hit due to underfunded federal program larger than expected

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/health-care-inc/2015/10/moda-healths-financial-hit-due-to-underfunded.html?ana=e_ptl_hc&u=FAuoHGaGEPdmk4X6khnaiw045b16af&t=1444506175

Moda Health's logo adorns Moda Center. The insurance carrier won't get as much money as it had hoped from the "risk corridor" program.