| Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare
| Ochsner Health drops joint venture plans with Baton Rouge General | | Monday, December 19, 2016 10:57 AM | |
| | New Orleans-based Ochsner Health System and Baton Rouge (La.) General have canceled a deal that would have integrated four of Ochsner's Baton Rouge area hospitals with Baton Rouge General. The systems also would have jointly operated 31 clinics. |
| Data suggest New York hospital prices depend on leverage, not quality | | Monday, December 19, 2016 9:13 AM | |
| | Hospitals with bargaining muscle in the state of New York are getting paid 1.5 to 2.7 times as much for care by insurers as the lowest-priced hospitals in the same market, a new study shows. The prices did not equate to better or lesser quality. |
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