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• Alaska Proposes Medicaid Changes Aimed at Cost Savings (USNews/AP)

• How health systems build a winning ASC strategy (Beckers)

• Repairing leaky valve improves heart failure patients' quality of life (Eureka)

• Certificate of Need' repeal stalls in Florida Senate (Sun Sentinel)

• Clark County housing problems seen as drag on public health (Las Vegas Review Journal)

• Massachusetts General's 3-step approach that cut readmission risk for substance use disorders by 25% (Advisory Board)

• IBM Watson Health crunches data and names 100 top hospitals (Health Data Management)

• HCCI: Healthcare spending, service use vary widely across the country (Fierce Health)

• American Hospital Association Rejects Findings of New Health Affairs Hospital Pricing Study (Lexology)

• Behavioral Health Providers See Benefits of EHR Built With Mental Health in Mind (PRNewswire)

• Certificate of Need is necessary to protect Georgia patients (Marietta Daily Journal)
• Related: This is the year to finally reform Certificate of Need (Calhoun Times)

• Bills would help modernize Maryland certificate of need process (Daily Record)

• Hospitals Frequently Use EHR Workarounds During Morning Rounds (EHR Intel)

• Colorado hospitals deny shifting more costs to commercial insurers (Beckers)

• Flexibility On Nursing Home Beds Gains Ground In South Dakota Legislature (KeloMedia)

• What Happens to Homeless Patients When They Are Discharged From the Hospital? (Pacific Standard)

• New Data Shows Community Health Workers Significantly Reduce Hospital Readmissions and Spending (InsuranceNews)

• Medicare Trims Payments To 800 Hospitals, Citing Patient Safety Incidents (KHN)

• Higher hospital readmission rates for cardiac patients in Northern vs. Southern Ontario: Importance of geographical factors in medical outcomes (Webwire)

• Over half of home health care clinicians say they lack adequate information from hospitals (MedExpress)

• COMMENTARY: Certificates of Public Need protect health care safety net (Fredericksburg Free Lance Star)

• CMS Proposes Rule Regarding the Exchange of Electronic Health Information Which Impacts Hospitals, Clinicians and Government Payors (JDSupra)

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