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- Fragmented Care Tied to IBD Readmissions (MedPage)
- States get leeway to expand inpatient mental health (Detroit Free Press)
- Colorado hospitals charge insured patients significantly more than five other jurisdictions, survey finds (Denver Post)
Related: Price Not the Only Driver of High Healthcare Costs, Research Shows (RevCycle)
- When Hospitals Merge to Save Money, Patients Often Pay More (NYT)
- Primary-
care visits dropped 18% from 2012 to 2016 (Modern Healthcare)
- Health Care Cost Institute Brief:Trends in Primary Care Visits (HCCI)
- Top 3 trends driving this era of hyperactive Mergers and Acquisitions like CVS-
Aetna (Forbes)
- CMS Releases Final 2019 Outpatient Prospective Payment System Rulemaking, Finalizing Site Neutral Payment Policy for Off-
Campus Provider- Based Departments (JDSupra)
- GAO Finds Uptick in Rural Hospital Closures as Inpatient Use Falls (RevCycle)
- CT regulator OKs CVS-
Aetna deal (Hartford Business)
- Appeals court nixes Upper West Side NYC nursing home (Crain’s)
- Leapfrog Group jumps in to rate 5,600 surgery centers (MedicalXpress)
- For-
Profit Nursing Homes Run Up Tab among Dying Patients, Medical Study Finds (NYT/NPQ)
- Coloradans pay more as hospital building spree leads to empty beds and profits nearly twice the national average (Denver Post)
- Hospitals poised to report weak third-
quarter admissions (Modern Healthcare)
- Healthcare Costs Continue to Rise in NJ, Outpacing National Increase (NJSpotlight)
- Related:Exclusive Look at Rising Health Care Spending in New Jersey (NJ Healthcare Quality Institute)
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