CMS to soften two-midnight rule, allow for exceptions

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/cms-soften-two-midnight-rule-allow-exceptions?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRohu67OZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4GSctjI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D

CMS is proposing that physicians be able to make case-by-case exceptions to the rule, classifying certain short stays as inpatient so that they would be paid under Medicare Part A.

CMS is proposing that physicians be able to make case-by-case exceptions to the rule, classifying certain short stays as inpatient so that they would be paid under Medicare Part A.

Finance execs plan tech investments to ramp up value-based payments

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/finance-execs-plan-tech-investments-ramp-value-based-payments?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRohu63MZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4GScdlI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D

According to tax and advisory firm KPMG, 74 percent of healthcare providers say they are either in the beginning stages or have not even begun to invest is systems for analytics and financial reporting.

According to tax and advisory firm KPMG, 74 percent of healthcare providers say they are either in the beginning stages or have not even begun to invest is systems for analytics and financial reporting.

Distinct enforcement trends emerge following the largest fraud takedown in history

http://www.fiercehealthpayer.com/antifraud/story/distinct-enforcement-trends-emerge-following-largest-fraud-takedown-history/2015-06-30?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

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Following $450 million settlement, DaVita subpoenaed for Medicare Advantage coding

http://www.fiercehealthpayer.com/antifraud/story/following-450-million-settlement-davita-subpoenaed-medicare-advantage-codin/2015-06-29?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

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Subpoena part of a larger focus on Medicare Advantage plans

What makes an ‘ideal’ Chief Quality Officer?

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/what-makes-an-ideal-chief-quality-officer.html

Triple Aim1

http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/why-hospitals-need-chief-quality-officers/2015-07-01?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

Medical Testing: Young Blood

http://www.economist.com/news/business/21656196-theranos-ambitious-silicon-valley-firm-wants-shake-up-market-medical

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Theranos, an ambitious Silicon Valley firm, wants to shake up the market for medical testing

Eastern Connecticut Health Network plans to merge with Los Angeles health system

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/eastern-connecticut-health-network-plans-merge-los-angeles-health-system?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRogsqXBZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4GScBmI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D

Photo of Waterbury, Connecticut from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterbury,_Connecticut">Wikipedia</a>

Prospect is also in talks to acquire Waterbury Hospital in Connecticut.

The ACA Survives — But With A Note Of Caution For The Future?

http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2015/06/30/the-aca-survives-but-with-a-note-of-caution-for-the-future/

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Chief Justice Roberts has once again saved a core provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

King v. Burwell: Two roads for Republicans

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/health360/posts/2015/06/26-king-v-burwell-two-roads-for-republicans-butler?hs_u=henrykotula@yahoo.com&utm_campaign=Economic+Studies&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=19974906&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_Zk-HAyD65BhbSgavXyZHs9cHR8JCVc9s2jzFiaphsomp60dPW0pmi1kltkK9mOi-pntPrt7yC313TGBNaHjh7udLH_A&_hsmi=19974906

http://www.brookings.edu/experts/butlers?view=bio