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| DOJ joins Medicare Advantage fraud lawsuit against UnitedHealth | | Thursday, February 16, 2017 7:05 PM | |
| | The U.S. Justice Department has joined a whistleblower lawsuit claiming that UnitedHealth Group and affiliated health plans have been gaming the Medicare program and fraudulently collecting millions of dollars by claiming patients were sicker than... |
| CHS sells eight hospitals to Steward Health Care | | Thursday, February 16, 2017 4:42 PM | |
| | Community Health Systems has agreed to sell eight hospitals to subsidiaries of Steward Health Care in its single biggest divestiture package to date. Three of the hospitals are in Florida, three in Ohio and two in Pennsylvania. |
| CHI narrows operating losses as Dignity talks continue | | Thursday, February 16, 2017 12:23 PM | |
| | Catholic Health Initiatives posted operating losses of $75.6 million before charges in the quarter ended Dec. 31, compared with $93.7 million in the year-earlier quarter. The system is in affiliation talks with Dignity Health and in the middle of a... |
| HHS rule delay does not slow launch of bundled-payment models | | Thursday, February 16, 2017 12:18 PM | |
| | The Trump administration's move to delay the effective date for a rule that launched several new cardiac and orthopedic bundled-payment models under Medicare will not slow the launch of the initiatives, an HHS spokesman confirmed Thursday. |
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