Policy asks Liaison Committee on Medical Education, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education to gather data on medical student, resident, fellow suicides.
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Beth Israel Deaconess, Lahey Health merger gets go-ahead with major conditions from Massachusetts AG
AG’s settlement stipulates that the newly-combined system make significant financial commitments to improving access to care and an historic 7-year cap on price increases.
Rates of hospitalization rising among homeless, study finds
Mental illness and substance use disorder are still the main driver of acute hospitalizations among homeless adults.
ACA enrollment down 12.8 percent over last year
Insurers have two weeks left to sign-up consumers, as Trump Administration plans to allow ACA subsidies to cover non-Obamacare insurance.
Trump Administration proposes using ACA subsidies to buy non-Obamacare health insurance
Democrats demand answers to what they call a sabotage of the ACA.
HHS implements long-awaited 340B drug price transparency rule
The rule directs pharmaceutical manufacturers to disclose the maximum per unit ceiling price that can be charged to 340B hospitals.
Detroit Medical Center hospitals may lose federal funds due to health and safety violations
At issue were infection control violations, which the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services described as "significant."
Even hospitals with high patient survival rates still struggle with readmissions
The readmission rates of top performing facilities were similar to, and in some cases greater than, the rates posted by unranked hospitals.
American Medical Association report shows competition shrinking in many U.S. health insurance markets
Anthem was the largest insurer in more metropolitan markets than any other insurer; Health Care Service Corp. was second, followed by UnitedHealth Group.
CVS Health and Aetna merger closes
Combined company is expected to generate revenue-enhancing initiatives, though Moody’s has downgraded CVS’s rating based on the debt level from $69 billion merger.
