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How Sutter Health, MD Anderson and a stand-alone clinic survived natural disasters

Communication, planning and the right technologies are key when wildfires and hurricanes strike large systems and community medical groups alike.

How Sutter Health, MD Anderson and a stand-alone clinic survived natural disasters

Communication, planning and the right technologies are key when wildfires and hurricanes strike large systems and community medical groups alike.

Intermountain Healthcare tops list of most expensive construction/expansion projects announced during last month

From New York to Salt Lake City, these are the hospitals and health systems investing money to improve their facilities — or build new ones.

What it takes to enable data interoperability between health insurers and hospitals: Trust and tech

To get to value-based care and a reduction in healthcare costs, Harvard professor calls on HHS to reduce administrative burden by 50 percent over the next five years.

Medicare updates payment increases to acute- and long-term care hospitals

CMS is finalizing the elimination the 25 percent threshold that reduces reimbursement for long-term hospitals.

Cigna CEO reaffirms merger with Express Scripts

Investor Carl Icahn says he will vote against $54 billion PBM acquisition as being too high a price.

Hospitals to invest $2 billion every year in AI for diagnostic imaging

With the interest in AI on the rise during the last 18 months, the technologies are expected to transform productivity and accuracy to help radiologist handle expanding volumes, study says.

California insurance commissioner urges Department of Justice to block CVS Health, Aetna merger

The merger would increase market concentration in the PBM space and put other insurers at a competitive disadvantage, Dave Jones says.

Andy Anderson takes reins of Combined Medical Group featuring two large New Jersey health systems

Anderson will oversee innovation in a group that was formed from the practitioners of RWJBarnabas Health and the Rutgers Health Group.

After a break-up with Walmart, Castlight to layoff up to 75 employees

Anthem Engage Platform.
Castlight Health Chief Financial Officer Siobhan Nolan Mangini says the company is projected to lose $13 million due to Walmart’s decision.