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• 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!)  

• Nursing Home Compare not useful for predicting 90-day costs, complications or readmissions: Study (Mcknights)
• Employer-sponsored healthcare spending reaches record high (Modern Health)
• Benefits of bundled payments turn on whether they are voluntary or mandatory: GAO (FierceHealth)
• Insurance proposal could shift pay burden on ER visits (Tupelo Daily Journal)
• Health systems work to balance core operations with new ventures (Modern Healthcare)
• Average Inpatient Stay Costs More than $22,000 (HealthLeaders)
• Home Health Agencies Sue Texas Over Reimbursement (HomeHealthCareNews)
• Update: Court Sides with Home Health Agencies in Reimbursement Fight
• Bill would revise law that allows North Dakota nursing homes to sue children for parents' bills (Inforum)
• Temporal trends and inequalities in coronary angiography utilization in the management of non-ST-Elevation acute coronary syndromes in the U.S. (Nature)
• Georgia adds nearly $2M to budget to keep residents out of nursing homes (Mcknights)
• Need hospital care or tests? Prices now are listed online — here's how to use that info (Chicago Tribune)
• In a growing mental health crisis, should the U.S. bring back public psychiatric hospitals? (Market Watch)
• Certificate of Need Bill Signed by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (The Intelligencer)
• AHA data show hospitals' outpatient revenue nearing inpatient (Modern Healthcare)
• HHS Releases Best Practice Healthcare Cybersecurity Guidelines (HealthITSecurity)
• As Hospitals Post Sticker Prices Online, Most Patients Will Remain Befuddled (KHN)
• Declining health:Researchers find a link between expanding Medicaid for low-income adults and increases in uninsured children. (Oklahoma Gazette)
• Hospitals See Opportunity in Bringing Care Facilities to Patients (WSJ)
• Jobs for Minnesotans in response to appeal of Enbridge Line 3 replacement project certificate of need (Herald review)
• Average hospital expenses per inpatient day across all 50 states (Beckers)
• Recommendations to modernize certificate of need headed to Maryland Legislature (Daily Record)
• Seizure Patients Often See Swift Return to Hospital:
  Will CMS penalize epilepsy readmissions in the future? (Medpage Today)
• Massachusetts Businesses Seek To Reduce Hospital Emergency (WAMC)
• Effort to change Georgia’s CON laws gains more momentum (Daily Post)
• Hospital Revenue Unstable Despite Outpatient Volume Growth (RevCycle)
• Beware False Precision: The Sources of Health Care Spending Growth Are Hard to Identify (Health Affairs)
• Fewer seniors receiving inpatient PCIs since 2006 (Cardiovascular Business)
• Elder Care: Understanding palliative care vs. hospice (The Sentinel)
• Average outpatient visit in US approaching $500 (Science Daily)
• Editorial: The Great Moderation in healthcare spending continues (Modern Healthcare)
• Gender Differences Found in COPD Hospitalizations and In-Hospital Deaths (AJMC)
• Hospital Operating Income Falls for Two-Thirds of Health Systems (RevCycle)
• Cancer Center Finds Patients Choose Cancer Care Based on Hospital Affiliations (Yale Copper Center) Post)
• GAO Finds Uptick in Rural Hospital Closures as Inpatient Use Falls (RevCycle)

• Full GAO Report(PDF)

• Medicare For All? CMS Chief Warns Program Has Enough Problems Already (KHN)
• Study:Association of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program With Mortality During and After Hospitalization for Acute Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, and Pneumonia (JAMA)
• VA and DOD senior leaders commit to aligned electronic health records system rollout (VA.gov)
• Behind Your Rising Health-Care Bills: Secret Hospital Deals That Squelch Competition (WSJ)
• Hospitals prepare for uncompensated care payment change (HealthcareDive)
• Alecto confident Certificate of Need Bill will be signed (Times Leader)
• In the Nursing Home, Empty Beds and Quiet Halls (NYT)
• CMS Clarifies Healthcare Price Transparency Rules for Hospitals (RevCycle)
• Bronson to build $22M hospital in South Haven (MiBiz)
• Can rural hospitals survive? (MSN)
• OIG Portfolio Highlights Hospice Fraud and Quality-of-Care Concerns (JD Supra)
• No clear blueprint for Dickinson County Memorial Hospital’s future (Daily News)
• Officials are seeking input on state's 10-year mental health plan starting tonight (New Hampshire Union Leader)
• Where people live before hospitalization important for discharge planning, reducing readmissions (MedXpress)
• Medicare Spending after 3 Years of the Medicare Shared Savings Program (NEJM)
• 10 High-Value Use Cases for Predictive Analytics in Healthcare (Health IT)
• More hospital beds are staying empty at area hospitals. Here’s why. (Dayton Daily News)
• Little Company of Mary Hospital in Evergreen Park plans to close its pediatric inpatient unit, joining an ever-growing list of Chicago-area hospitals doing the same.(MSN)
• Freeborn County commissioners press Mayo Clinic Health System leaders for answers (Albert Lea Tribune)
• State review for University Of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Vision 2020 project delayed (Baltimore Sun)
• Look-Up: Sepsis Infection Risk Factors At Nursing Homes (KHN)
• Montana's first psychiatry residency program aimed at improving rural mental health care (Billings Gazette)
• Board of Providence Hospital overhauled amid plans to end acute services (Washington Post)
• Home Health, Hospice Admissions Trending Upward (Home Health Care)
• The Effect of Primary Care Visits on Health Care Utilization: Findings from a Randomized Controlled Trial (CATO)
• Full Research Brief
• Labor, administrative costs drive US healthcare spending far beyond other nations (HealthCareDive)

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

• Hospitals Slow to Shift Medicare Referrals from SNFs to Home Health (Home Health Care News)
• Mass Emergency Rooms Share Records To Catch Patients Who Bounce From One To Another (WBUR)
• Readmission Cost Savings are a Reality with Enhanced Patient Engagement (Managed Care Exec)Over 100 Former Patients File Lawsuit Against Hospital That Hired 'OB-GYN' Who Used A Fake Name And Social Security Number (BET)
• Commentary: Healthcare at the tipping point: 2018 has high risks for hospitals (Philly.com)
• Need a knee replacement? It costs $46,974 at one Minnesota hospital and $6,186 at another (Twin Cities Pioneer Press)
• Pennsylvania nursing homes brace for workers' comp rate increase (Central Penn Business Journal)Non-heart surgery may still pose danger to senior heart health (UPI)
• Medicare Program; CY 2018 Inpatient Hospital Deductible and Hospital and Extended Care Services Coinsurance Amounts (Federal Register)