Patient Care News:
Gov. Scott Walker said the $200 million reinsurance program would lower premiums by 5% in 2019, a dramatic shift after they increased 44% this year as enrollment dropped and fewer providers offered coverage....
The merger of Mountain States Health Alliance and Wellmont Health System will result in 150 layoffs, according to the combined systems executive chairman. Another 49 empty positions will also be eliminated....
Community Health Systems has signed a definitive agreement to sell Munroe Regional Medical Center in Ocala, Fla., to Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare Corp....
A new report from Bain & Co. found that the provider sector accounted for 45% of total healthcare private equity buyouts last year, capturing nearly $19 billion....
A committee of the Republican-controlled Michigan Senate approved legislation to add a work requirement to the states Medicaid program. If the bill is enacted, it could affect up to 1 million nonelderly, nondisabled Michigan adults....
Clinicians who are assaulted by patients often dont report the incidents and when they do, hospitals are inconsistent in their response. The nations largest accrediting body wants to change that....