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Medicare’s final rule on its mandatory hip and knee replacement bundled-payment program includes several concessions to hospitals and orthopedic surgeons. >>>

The New Urgent Care Wave

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Anti-info Blocking Crusade in Congress Must be Curbed

It’s clear that there’s no easy way to share patient health data, but to turn to the last resort of heavy government regulation seems an ill-considered remedy. >>>

Time to End ‘Transfer-Form’ Mentality

Post-acute care providers can help hospitals prevent readmissions. But it will take a change in perspective and the formation of partnerships among care settings to improve patient care along a continuum. >>>

Burnout: Emergency Medicine Hit Hardest

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News Headlines

Medicare rules reshape hospital admissions

The Wall Street Journal, December 2, 2015

US still in danger of losing war on AIDS, CDC director says

The New York Times, December 2, 2015

UnitedHealth CEO defends possible exit of Obamacare exchanges

CNBC / Reuters, December 2, 2015

Mercy Health invests in $ 135 million joint venture

Cincinnati Business Courier, December 2, 2015

A tale of two Obamacare co-op insurers: One standing, one falling

Kaiser Health News / Colorado Public Radio, December 1, 2015

Study: Obamacare boosting breast cancer screening among poor

U.S. News & World Report / HealthDay News, December 1, 2015

Patients want to price-shop for care, but online tools unreliable

NPR / WHYY, December 1, 2015

Instability in marketplaces draws concern on both sides of health law

The New York Times, November 30, 2015

KY, beacon for health law, now a lab for its retreat

The New York Times, November 30, 2015

Yale-New Haven opens short-term rehab center inside Milford Hospital

New Haven Register, November 30, 2015

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