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Idaho hospital readies to open $3.7M surgery center — 4 insights

Mice Brains May Be Too Different From Humans’ To Be Accurate Research Model, Study Says

New research has found key differences between the cerebellum of mice and that of humans.

Why People With MS Need Permission from Insurers To Take Life-Saving Drugs. It’s Not The Reason You Think.

Insurance companies are increasingly requiring patients (or their physicians) to ask permission before the companies agree to pay for these critical medications.

ASC supply chain tip of the day: Talk to managers

4 tips on negotiating contracts with commercial payers

11 recent vendor contracts, go lives

Can CRP testing guide antibiotic decisions?

In response to concerns about the unnecessary use of antibiotics, researchers have sought to identify simple, non-specific tests to help clinicians determine which patients require antibiotics and which do not. Indeed, such tests could facilitate chall…

Fertility Company Progyny Joins NASDAQ With Initial Public Offering At $13 Per Share

Progyny Inc., the fertility and family building benefits company that serves US employers like Google, Apple, announced its Initial Public Offering of 10,000,000 shares at a price of $13.00 per share, becoming the first fertility benefits company to ev…

A framework for understanding health care systems

First in a series. Way back as a business strategy undergrad and then as a medical student, I developed a framework for understanding health care systems. I call it the Healthcare Incentives Framework, and I believe it clarifies the big-picture compone…

Tower Health staffing changes to affect 60 jobs at Pennsylvania hospitals