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Senators roll out legislative initiative to improve healthcare price transparency

(By Leo Vartorella for Becker’s Hospital Review) A bipartisan group of senators sent a letter to healthcare organizations and patient advocacy groups

(By Christina Jewett, Kaiser Health News and Mark Alesia, USA TODAY Network) The surgery went fine. Her doctors left for

(By Julie Spitzer for Becker’s Hospital Review) Healthcare providers are ramping up for the transition to value-based care, but do

(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) For-profit hospital operators are poised to benefit financially from the particularly tough 2017-18

(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News) When President Donald Trump signed the last-minute budget deal into law earlier this

(By Anthony R. Tersigni, EdD, FACHE, president and CEO of Ascension for Becker’s Hospital Review) In an environment where consumers

In a recent survey of 100 healthcare decision makers found that 57 percent have already launched a telehealth or telemedicine

According to Willis Towers Watson’s 22nd annual Best Practices in Health Care Employer Survey, a group of best-performing companies has managed

(By Andrew Joseph for STAT) Lawmakers in Kentucky are weighing whether to impose a new tax on opioid prescriptions, the

(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) Hawaii is the best state in the nation for healthcare, according to U.S. News