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CFOs may have more leverage over organized labor

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http://www.fiercehealthfinance.com/story/cfos-may-have-more-leverage-over-organized-labor/2015-07-01?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

But unions back caps to hospital pay, compulsory financial disclosures

CMS to soften two-midnight rule, allow for exceptions

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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

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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.

What makes an ‘ideal’ Chief Quality Officer?

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

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

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

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

Can hospitals restrain themselves from doing low-volume surgeries?

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http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2015/06/can-hospitals-restrain-themselves-from-doing-low-volume-surgeries.html

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Railyard hospital could bolster Kaiser growth, dominance in region

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http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2015/06/25/railyard-hospital-could-bolster-kaiser-growth.html?ana=e_du_pub&s=article_du&ed=2015-06-25&u=FAuoHGaGEPdmk4X6khnaiw045b16af&t=1435336442

Kaiser Permanente's plan to build a hospital in the Sacramento railyard delivers a huge economic boost to downtown development and growth opportunity for Kaiser.

 

4 huge impacts of the King v. Burwell decision

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http://www.healthcaredive.com/news/4-huge-impacts-of-the-king-v-burwell-decision/401341/

Memorial Healthcare System boosts profit 91% in fiscal 2015

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http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/2015/06/24/memorial-healthcare-system-boosts-profit-91-in.html?ana=e_du_pub&s=article_du&ed=2015-06-24&u=FAuoHGaGEPdmk4X6khnaiw045b16af&t=1435244581

Memorial Healthcare System nearly doubled its earnings in fiscal 2015.