CMS Proposes Mandatory Hospital Participation in New Bundled Payment Program for Hip and Knee Replacements

CMS Proposes Mandatory Hospital Participation in New Bundled Payment Program for Hip and Knee Replacements

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What Has Half a Century of Medicaid Meant for U.S.?

http://www.californiahealthline.org/think-tank/2015/what-has-half-century-of-medicaid-meant-for-us

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On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed controversial legislation creating two ambitious national health programs. Fifty years later, Medicare and Medicaid are still controversial, but for different reasons.

FIRST LOOK: CHOP provides sneak peek at massive outpatient care center

http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/blog/health-care/2015/07/chop-buerger-center-pediatric-care-outpatient.html?ana=e_du_pub&s=article_du&ed=2015-07-21&u=FAuoHGaGEPdmk4X6khnaiw045b16af&t=1437579836

CHOP's $600 million Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care opens next week.

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia will open next week its $600 million Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care, the single biggest building project in the pediatric medical center’s 160-year history.

Just Say No To 10 Behaviors That Kill Competence

Just Say No To 10 Behaviors That Kill Competence

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On the lifelong quest to become our best selves, we must stretch and grow and learn from our mistakes. Being a flexible and willing learner, we more easily stay competent as the world changes.

Trinity HomeCare settlements offer a glimpse of future FCA litigation

http://www.healthlawpolicymatters.com/2015/07/15/trinity-homecare-settlement-five-false-claims-trends/

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http://www.fiercehealthpayer.com/antifraud/story/trinity-homecare-settlements-offer-glimpse-future-fca-litigation/2015-07-20?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

Generic drugs pose specific problems for healthcare providers

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/generic-drugs-pose-specific-problems-healthcare-providers?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRohuaTKZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4GRMNgI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D

Rebounding from a tough couple of years due to lack of availability of generic drugs, many healthcare facilities are weighing their options.

Rebounding from a tough couple of years due to lack of availability of generic drugs, many healthcare facilities are weighing their options.

CFOs say supply chain changes mean they have to act fast

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/cfos-say-supply-chain-changes-mean-they-have-act-fast?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRohuaTKZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4GRMNgI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D

Hospital supplies (stock photo)

A number of market forces are making it even more complicated to manage a hospital supply chain today.

Hospitals say they subsidize graduate medical education, but cost-benefit unknown

http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20150719/NEWS/307199997/hospitals-say-they-subsidize-graduate-medical-education-but-cos

http://www.fiercehealthfinance.com/story/do-teaching-hospitals-profit-graduate-medical-education/2015-07-20?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

Could Insurer Consolidation Check Health Costs?

http://ww2.cfo.com/health-benefits/2015/07/insurer-consolidation-check-health-costs/

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It may be counterintuitive, but combinations like Aetna’s planned purchase of Humana could lead to lower pricing from medical providers.