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Trump goes with continuity in choosing Shulkin for VA

President-elect Donald Trump opted for continuity in the pursuit of better healthcare services for U.S. veterans.
Editorial: Doctors shouldn't worry about getting good at MIPS. They should get out of it

Medicare's new payment system for physicians is causing anxiety because of the short stretch of road before their performance is judged for a raise or pay cut. In the long-term, though, Medicare and most everyone else want providers to leave that new system behind. It's value-based training wheels.
Hospitals keep pushing back as CMS releases overall star ratings

Despite strenuous objections from the hospital industry, Medicare's Hospital Compare website now includes star ratings intended to give consumers a quick take on a facility's overall quality.
What Medicare pays doctors for services and drugs

In the third round of what's now an annual event, the CMS posted a huge data set that breaks down the $91 billion Medicare has paid individual physicians, diagnostic labs, ambulance services and other companies.
What Medicare pays doctors for services and drugs

In the third round of what's now an annual event, the CMS posted a huge data set that breaks down how much Medicare paid individual physicians, diagnostic labs, ambulance services and other companies.
CMS names hospital winners, losers in quality incentive program

Ideas written into law in 2010 to push hospitals toward better and safer care are now a pervasive part of doing business with Medicare.
DaVita Kidney Care to pay $389 million to settle whistle-blower case

DaVita Kidney Care will pay $389 million to resolve a whistle-blower's allegations that the company induced physicians to steer patients to its dialysis centers with opportunities to profit by buying and selling stakes in clinics.
Obama urges calm as critics call for more action on Ebola

President Barack Obama sought to restore calm Thursday evening to a nation and healthcare system rattled by a seemingly fast-growing threat from a disease that looked remote and manageable less than three weeks earlier.
Fresenius takes majority stake in Sound Physicians

Fresenius Medical Care, one of the biggest dialysis providers in the U.S., has an agreement to take a $600 million stake in Sound Physicians, becoming its majority shareholder.
CMS works with insurers on inaccurate enrollment data

As reports suggest a surge of consumers successfully choosing health plans through HealthCare.gov, the CMS is working to calm the nerves of insurers still rattled by inaccuracies in enrollment data.
Swedish Health names Armada CEO

Anthony “Tony” Armada is leaving Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in suburban Chicago to become CEO of Swedish Health Services, the largest health system in Seattle.
Scottsdale Healthcare, John C. Lincoln systems to combine

Late News: Systems unveil joint alliance

FTC battles state, backs off

FTC deal lets Phoebe Putney keep Palmyra

The Federal Trade Commission will allow Phoebe Putney Health System in Georgia to keep the hospital it acquired in 2011 in a deal the government fought all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court and won.