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Hershey-PinnacleHealth: Will they fight or back down from the FTC?

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The FTC typically takes such actions when it concludes a merger will hurt competition in a market and is likely to result in higher prices for consumers. A wave of consolidation has been sweeping the health care industry, and the FTC has shown increasing concern.

10 emerging healthcare trends for 2016

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http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/10-emerging-healthcare-trends-2016/2015-12-08?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

Self-Discovery

http://www.pwc.com/us/en/health-industries/top-health-industry-issues.html

Sutter Medical Center unveils $812 million Anderson Lucchetti Women’s and Children’s Center

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The new neonatal intensive care unit on the seventh floor of the Anderson Lucchetti Women’s and Children’s Center.

The 10-story, 242-bed center is an acute care hospital offering neonatal and pediatric intensive care.

California attorney general approves Daughters of Charity lifeline by BlueMountain Capital

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California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris on Thursday granted conditional approval for its $250 million bailout.

 

Dignity Health divests holdings in coal energy, calls climate change a public health issue

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Dignity has also pledged to increase its use of renewable energy to 35 percent of its greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by 2020.

340B will go through big transition in 2016

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http://www.fiercehealthfinance.com/story/340b-will-go-through-big-transition-2016/2015-12-07?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRonvqjKce%252FhmjTEU5z14ukkX6a2lMI%252F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ARMBjN6%252BTFAwTG5toziV8R7LMKM1ty9MQWxTk

HRSA’s authority to oversee the program is being challenged

Emerging role: How a CHIO harnesses data for population health

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John Showalter, MD

‘The CHIO role is much more about the data—the data integration, the data analytics and looking at how we can use insights to improve care’

http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/chief-health-information-officer-data-analytics-john-showalter/2015-12-08?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRonvK%252FBc%252B%252FhmjTEU5z14ukkX6a2lMI%252F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4DTcFkMK%252BTFAwTG5toziV8R7LMKM1ty9MQWxTk

DirectTrust predicts the end of Meaningful Use

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Interoperability, “freed” health data, patient engagement and data security among trends to watch in 2016

NFP Outlook ‘Stable’ for 2016, Say Moody’s

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Cash flow growth in the healthcare sector jumped in 2014 and remained strong through June 2015, prompting Moody’s to upgrade the sector’s outlook from “negative” to “stable.” But key drivers are not performing as strongly now, signaling a potential slowdown.