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Baptist Health snaps up downtown Jacksonville office buildings

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UPMC Health urges teachers’ group to drop Highmark

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Medicare’s Rush To Risk: Confounding Theory And Practice, Leaving ACOs Vulnerable

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What’s Currently Known About ACOs?

243 healthcare professionals accused in $712 million ‘biggest ever’ fraud takedown

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The Medicare Fraud Strike Force targeted fraud in 17 districts in the states of Florida, Texas, California, Louisiana, New York and Michigan.

‘Massive betrayal’: Leaked memo reveals SEIU’s internal war over health care workers

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Dave Regan, president of SEIU's United Healthcare Workers West local, addresses media in February 2014 press conference.

Blaming drug costs, CalPERS considers 7% hike in HMO premiums

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The California Public Employees' Retirement System is poised to raise HMO premiums for state employees an average of 7.2 percent in 2016, evidence that rising hospital and drug costs could mean higher premiums in the private sector, too.

 

Why days cash on hand is so important for hospitals

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Changes in payment trends brought about by the Affordable Care Act, technology expenditures related to electronic health records, and fluctuations in cash flow from higher deductibles and patient copays have all impacted the need for readily available cash.

Changes in payment trends brought about by the Affordable Care Act, technology expenditures related to electronic health records, and fluctuations in cash flow from higher deductibles and patient copays have all impacted the need for readily available cash.

Slow Going on ACO Risk

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Even as participation in ACOs grows, providers are hesitant to advance to models with more risk. CMS has now extended the least risky ACO track for three more years.

Fifty Years In, Medicare Has Transformed Health Care. What’s In Store For The Next Fifty?

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