The August 20 issue of Modern Healthcare featured its 17th annual listing of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare. Columnist Alex Kacik began his commentary about this year’s list…
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The 29th U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals report was released last week. There were few surprises: academically-affiliated institutions fared better than others. Urban and bigger hospitals get higher…
Thursday, CMS Administrator Seema Verma announced major changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program (aka “Accountable Care Organizations”). The new version, dubbed Pathways to Success, is intended to fix problems…
Last Wednesday, the administration announced changes to the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that health insurance plans must cover pre-existing conditions. The new policy allows individuals to purchase short term plans…
