Some economists have disputed the claim that low reimbursement rates paid to healthcare providers by public programs (including both Medicaid and Medicare), result in cost shifts to commercial insurance payers.

Some economists …

Self-Discovery

340B drug pricing debate pits hospitals against doctors against big pharma

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/340b-drug-pricing-debate-pits-hospitals-against-doctors-against-big-pharma?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRoguanJZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4HSsVmI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D

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Depending on how much the program is reformed, it could mean the difference of hundreds of millions of dollars for the thousands of hospitals who get a drug discount.

Referral networks, stopping leakage and technology investments: 5 top revenue generation strategies for CFOs

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/referral-networks-stopping-leakage-and-technology-investments-5-top-revenue-generation-strategies-for-cfos.html

OR Efficiencies

Payment disruption in healthcare: Which factors will have a high impact?

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/payment-disruption-in-healthcare-which-factors-will-have-a-high-impact.html

OR Efficiencies

More Words of Wisdom from a Young Hospital CEO

http://www.hhnmag.com/display/HHN-news-article.dhtml?dcrPath=/templatedata/HF_Common/NewsArticle/data/HHN/Daily/2015/March/wisdom-young-CEO-tejeda-blog-stempniak&eid=277944868&bid=1026434

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Hospitals Move to Limit Low-Volume Surgeries

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/05/19/hospitals-move-to-limit-low-volume-surgeries

Three of nation’s leading hospital systems say they will limit low-volume surgeries.

What Tenet’s exit from GA and NC says about for-profits in non-expansion states

http://www.healthcaredive.com/news/what-tenets-exit-from-ga-and-nc-says-about-for-profits-in-non-expansion-st/399411/

Bay Area health care giant’s CEO to step down

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2015/05/sutter-health-ceo-pat-fry-sarah-krevans.html?ana=e_du_pub&s=article_du&ed=2015-05-19&u=FAuoHGaGEPdmk4X6khnaiw045b16af&t=1432080187

Pat Fry, Sutter Health's longtime president and CEO, is retiring in early January.