IRS revokes hospital’s tax-exempt status for failure to comply with ACA rule
(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) The Internal Revenue Service has revoked the tax-exempt status of an unnamed nonprofit
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State-by-state breakdown of 80 rural hospital closures
(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) Of the 26 states that have seen at least one rural hospital close
Read MoreMoody’s: Florida’s Medicaid waiver renewal aids safety-net hospitals
(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) The five-year renewal of Florida’s section 1115 Medicaid waiver will help hospitals offset uncompensated care
Read MoreCBO: Killing Cost-Sharing Subsidies Would Hike Silver Plan Premiums And Deficit
(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) If President Donald Trump were to follow through on his threats to cut
Read MoreCMS will cancel major bundled payment initiatives
(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS has proposed canceling the cardiac and expanded joint replacement bundled payment models. Continue reading
Read More23 payers proposing double-digit premium hikes for 2018
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Below are 23 payers proposing double-digit premium hikes for coverage offered on the
Read MoreChoosing the Right HSA
Morningstar, an independent investment research and management firm, has issued a report about HSAs and their providers with the goal
Read More7 things to know about large US employers’ 2018 healthcare spending predictions
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Large U.S. employers estimate healthcare costs per worker will increase to an average
Read MoreHow many doctors have received payments from opioid makers? Look here
(By Ed Silverman for STAT) One in 12 physicians — and nearly one in five family medicine doctors — have
Read MoreHospitals Slashed Use Of Two Heart Drugs After Huge Price Hikes
(By Sarah Jane Tribble for Kaiser Health News) Even before media reports and a congressional hearing vilified Valeant Pharmaceuticals International for raising prices on
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