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• OPM calls for quality and transparency in healthcare negotiations (Federal Times)

• NJ Legislators Call on [Govenor] Murphy to Intervene in Effort to Save Local Hospitals (Tapinot Bayonne)

• New model may help predict stroke risk in adults with migraine and aura (Newsroom)

• One in five operations may lead to surprise bills, even when surgeon and hospital are in-network (MedExpress)

• Kentucky Hospital Association asks to join lawsuit defending certificate of need law (Beckers)

• Study:Hospital Use Declines After Implementation Of Virginia Medicaid’s Addiction And Recovery Treatment Services (Health Affairs)

• Implementing a consistent hospital compliance program is key to cultivating a culture of compliance that minimizes revenue risks, so providers can focus on high-value care (RevCycle)

• National identifier not a 'panacea' for patient-matching, experts say (ModernHealthcare)

• Rural Health Disparities Linked to Socioeconomic Status, Care Access (Health Analytics)

• When Site-Of-Service Policy And Payment Reforms Converge: The Case Of Joint Replacement Surgery (Health Affairs)

• Why the New U.S. Maternal Mortality Rate Is Important (USNews)

• NEJM: transcatheter aortic valve replacement shows similar safety outcomes as open-heart surgery (EurekaAlert)

• Related: Study clarifies pros and cons of open-heart surgery versus TAVR for treating aortic stenosis

• Preeminent Hospitals Penalized Over Rates Of Patients’ Injuries (KaiserHealthNews)

• Study finds association between therapy time, length of stay after hip fracture surgery (MedExpress)

• Colorado Healthcare Costs Keep Climbing Due to Hospital Cost-Shifting (RevCycle)

• Maryland Hospital Association Issues Comment on Medicare Program: Modernizing, Clarifying Physician Self-Referral Regulations (Insurance Net)

• Forced rate disclosure goes too far, insurers and hospitals argue (Modern Healthcare)

• Commentary: Nursing homes grapple with sick residents, insufficient budgets (TimesUnion)

• Preventable hospital death estimates are too high, study finds (Beckers)

• Florida Hospital Association launches price transparency initiative (FloridaPolitics)

• Details Sparse on [Governor] Murphy’s Office of Health Care Affordability and Transparency (NJ Spotlight)

• Rising inpatient acuity may not mean patients are sicker, Mass. commission finds (ModernHealthcare)

• Patients Want A 'Good Death' At Home, But Hospice Care Can Badly Strain Families (KHN)

• Epic Systems, a major medical records vendor, is warning customers it will stop working with Google Cloud (CNBC)

• [West Virginia]House debates Certificate of Need bill (Weirton Daily)

• The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) is recommending that NIH dramatically revise its data sharing and management proposal to maximize the value of scientific data (HealthIT)

• EHR Data, Claims Data Can Successfully Predict Hospitalizations (RevCycle)

• Florida Legislature eyes more certificate of need' changes for care facilities (Tampa Business Journal)

• Proposed certificate of need' changes questioned at Michigan Senate panel hearing (Crains)

• Ohio Department of Health issues draft amendments to Certificate of Need rules (JDSupra)

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