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| HHS mulls how to measure and pay for quality in rural care | | Monday, November 30, 2015 6:15 PM | |
| | Rural providers should be required to participate in federal pay-for-performance programs, but the measurements should reflect rural patient volume, patient demographics and practice size, according to an analysis requested by HHS. |
| Temple turns in disappointing Q1 results amid promising turnaround | | Monday, November 30, 2015 4:22 PM | |
| | Temple University Health System substantially narrowed its net loss in the first quarter of its fiscal year compared with a year ago. But lower-than-expected outpatient revenue and lower surgical volume at its Jeanes Hospital prevented the system... |
| Geisinger gets boost from adding new hospitals | | Monday, November 30, 2015 3:42 PM | |
| | Geisinger Health System is benefiting from acquisitions and a focus on high-acuity service lines, but the group still saw its expenses outpace revenue in its fiscal first quarter. |
| Cigna settles shareholder lawsuits over Anthem merger | | Monday, November 30, 2015 1:00 PM | |
| | Health insurer Cigna Corp. has agreed to settle multiple class-action lawsuits that alleged Cigna and its pending acquirer, Anthem, shortchanged investors and agreed to a bad deal. |
| HHS banks on Congress extending CHIP funding | | Monday, November 30, 2015 12:27 PM | |
| | With federal funding for the Children's Health Insurance Plan set run out in 2017, HHS has determined children can't get comparable benefits and cost-sharing on the insurance exchanges set up under the Affordable Care Act. |
| Kevorkian archive opens as physician-assisted deaths rise | | Monday, November 30, 2015 11:15 AM | |
| | A collection of Dr. Jack Kevorkian's files has been opened to the public at his alma mater, the University of Michigan. Kevorkian, a graduate of Michigan's Medical School, he sparked the national right-to-die debate. |
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