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• Jama Report: Health Care Spending in the United States and Other High-Income Countries (JAMA)

• CMS unveils new rural health strategy (Modern Healthcare)
•  CMS Rural Strategy 2018

• Mortality Lower When Inpatients See Their Own PCP in Hospital (Beckers)
• Study: For Inpatients, Primary Care Docs Outperform Hospitalists – A closer look at data showing lower mortality when patients cared for by their own PCPs (MedPage Today)

• FRG report highlights hospital’s failures, Some board members say budget cuts not enough (OAOA)

• Yale: Collaboration of Health Care and Social Services May Decrease Medical Costs and Visits (ASPPH)

• Study reveals high healthcare costs linked with acute kidney injury (EurekAlert)

• Heroin hospital discharges surpass those due to prescription opioids, Stanford study says (Stanford Med Scope)

• 2017 Employer Health Benefits Survey (KFF)

• Study shows high cost is by far the most important health care issue for New Yorkers (Cornell)

• Major teaching hospitals produce lower mortality rates than non-teaching hospitals (Fierce Health)

• Summary Article on Study Results (JAMA)

• Managed Care Programs Improve Care, Reduce Costs (Home Healthcare News)

• Survey Details

• FDA Approves Three Immunotherapy Drugs for Patients with Bladder Cancer (NIH)

• Skin cancer on the rise (Mayo Clinic)

• Full Text of Study Article (Mayo Proceedings)

• Surgery won’t help degenerative knee problems, experts say (Reuters)

• Full Text of Study Article (BMJ)

• Heart failure patients readmitted to same hospital may fare better (Heart Association)

Full Text of Study Article(JAHA)

• GAO Releases Report Addressing Post-Acute Care EHR Adoption (HIMSS)

• Study shows health insurance plans too complicated to understand (Insurance News)

• Annual Update of the National Health Security Preparedness Index: Preparedness Index assesses all 50 states & District of Columbia for health security and preparedness

• Study shows health insurance plans too complicated to understand (Insurance News)

• Rand Study: Direct-to-consumer telehealth may drive up medical spending by encouraging new care (EurekaAlert!)  

• Cancer Care Spending and Use by Site of Provider-Administered Chemotherapy in Medicare (AJMC)
• Hospital Discharge Algorithm Saves $860 Per Patient Episode and Reduces Readmissions, According to New Data from Remedy Labs (Businesswire)

• Study:Association of Decision Support for Hospital Discharge Disposition With Outcomes (AJMC)

• A Large-Scale Advanced Illness Intervention Informs Medicare’s New Serious Illness Payment Model (HealthAffairs)
• CMS plans to release list of 400 troubled nursing homes following Senate report (FierceHealth)

• Related: Feds Respond To Toomey-Casey Nursing Home Report, Say Lack Of Funding Prevents Oversight (WESA)

• Florida may eliminate certificate of need requirement for new hospitals (BDC)
• North Carolina Senate puts hospital certificate of need reforms in budget (WRAL)
• Editorial: The Florida Legislature embraces the wild west of health care as State lawmakers voted to deregulate construction of new hospitals. That’s not healthy for the state or for nonprofit hospitals that care for most of the poor. (Tampa Bay Times)

• On Maryland's Eastern Shore, local hospital is downsized — and residents are outraged at UMMS (Baltimore Sun)
• Dartmouth study reveals how ACOs use home visits to improve care and reduce hospital use (MedExpress)
• Coming to Terms With [Inpatinet to Outpatient Health] Care Migration (AJMC)
• Online tool can help Pennsylvania cancer patients decide where to have surgery (Philadelphia Inquirer)
• As dispute-resolution bill advances in NY, hospitals ramp up opposition (Crains)
• Study links Blue Cross' big size to Michigan's low hospital prices (Detroit Free Press)Hospital rating systems don't align — so which should patients believe? (USA Today)
• Medicare Advantage Dual Eligibles Have Fewer ER Visits Than Those Under FFS (Health Leaders)
• Our view: S.J. hospitals lead state [NJ] in reducing unnecessary surgical births (PressAtlanticCity)
• A Bipartisan Plan to Lower Health Costs, End Surprise Bills (Fiscal Times)
• Bill to improve nursing home care passes Oklahoma Senate, House (Tulsa World)
• How To Find And Use New Federal Ratings For Rehab Services At Nursing Homes (KHN)
• Past the Price Index: Exploring Actual Prices Paid for Specific Services by Metro Area (HealthCostInstitute)
• As Hospital Corporations Threaten Essential Services Across Massachusetts, Lawmakers to Examine Bill Strengthening Closure Law at May 28 Hearing (Markets)
• Connecticut governor proposes partially privatizing mental health, addiction services (FierceHealth)
• Major health bills headed to Gov. DeSantis [Florida] related to CON for acute care services.(BizJournals)
• New AHA Report Finds Hospital Outpatient Revenue Nearing Inpatient Revenue, While CMS Proposes Paying Less for In-hospital Healthcare Services (DarkDaily)
• Rates of depression up in U.S. women at hospital to give birth (MedExpress)
• The Double-Edged Sword In A State Without Certificate Of Need Laws (BisNow)
• Data Analytics in Widespread Use, But Not for Population Health (Health IT)

• Related: CMS Offers Resources to Address Social Determinants of Health (HealthIT)

• Why long-term care insurance could get a lot more expensive for thousands of Virginians (Virginia Pilot)
• North Dakota to Implement Reinsurance for Health Insurance Market (HealthPayer)
• Researchers at University of Chicago Target Medical Research:The Impact of Marital Status On Health Care Utilization Among Medicare Beneficiaries (Insurancenews)
• GAO: Private Health Insurance Enrollment Remains Concentrated Among Few Issuers, including in Exchanges (Direct link to GAO Report)
• Can Managed Care Plan Reduce Health Care Costs by Providing Social Supports? Maybe. (Forbes)
• CMS to Test New Models for Medicare, Medicaid Dual Eligibles (HealthPayer)
• Shifting Care from Office to Outpatient Settings: Services are Increasingly Performed in Outpatient Settings with Higher Prices (HCCI Blog Health Bytes)
• State, Fairbanks health officials oppose certificate of need repeal (Daily News - Miner)
• Care shifts from physician offices to outpatient settings and costs go up, HCCI study finds (Fierce Health)
• Walmart, other employers get choosier about workers' doctors (MSN/WSJ)
• Editorial: A most sneaky attack on Oregon taxpayers (The Bulletin)
• Prevalence of Out-of-Network and Balance Bills Varies by State, Medical Specialty (XtelligentHealthcareMedia)
• To Help Mental Health Patients, Hospitals Open a New Kind of ER (Governing/KHN)
• [Health] Bills would cost Oklahoma consumers (The Oklahoman Editorial Board)
• Lehigh Valley Health hospital to shutter ER amid system consolidation (Beckers)
• Frailty before surgery tied to more complications, higher costs (Reuters)
• Some Arizona hospitals are struggling in a changinghealth-care economy (AZCentral)
• New bed tracking system for state inpatient psychiatric hospitals (Watertown Times)
• 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)
• 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)
• Health information exchange participation reduced readmissions in heart attack patients, study finds (HealthCareDive)
• Attorney general files legal action against UPMC, saying hospital system has strayed from charitable mission (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)