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5 FEATURES PUBLISHER'S LETTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 EXECUTIVE BRIEFING: Taming Medical Necessity Challenges With Physician Advisor Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 CFO / FINANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 California Hospital Files for Bankruptcy After Missing Payroll Geisinger's Operating Income Tumbles 34% Tennessee Hospital Closes After Falling 94% Short of GoFundMe Goal Ascension's Net Income More Than Triples to $1.8B Tenet Shutters 4 Regional Management Offices to Cut Costs 5 States With the Highest Out-Of-Pocket Healthcare Spending CMS Revokes Physician's Medicare Billing Privileges Over $670 in Questionable Charges Michael Jordan Donates $7M to Novant Health What CMS' New Medicare Cards Mean for Providers: 7 Things to Know Edward-Elmhurst's Operating Income Plummets 90% in FY 2017 $200M Donation to UC Irvine for Alternative Therapy Meets Criticism Hedge Fund Takes Over Adeptus Health Dignity Health Hospital to Cover All of Las Vegas Shooting Victims' Medical Bills Proposed Changes to CJR Model Will Cost Medicare $90M Over Next 3 Years LifePoint Divests Georgia Hospital to Piedmont Healthcare Brigham and Women's Implements $41M Cost-Cutting Initiative: 6 Things to Know Lifetime Health Costs for Las Vegas Shooting Victims at Least $600M MGMA: 5 Attributes of a Profitable Medical Practice Long-Term Funding Uncertain for Teaching Health Centers in Underserved Areas: 5 Things to Know Why Growing Worker Productivity Could be Bad for Hospitals' Medicare Rates Healthcare Spending Growth Drops Below 4% for First Time Since 2014 High-Volume, Low-Cost Services Reflect Most Unnecessary Medical Spending Higher Coding Productivity Linked to a 25.4% Decrease in Accuracy Moody's: Proposed Cuts to Medicare 340B Payments Would Hurt Nonprofit Hospital Margins Physicians Call Anthem's New Imaging Reimbursement Guidelines 'Arbitrary and Unwise' Study: Acquired Hospitals May Experience Decline in Operating Margins, Revenue Post-Transaction UPMC Expands International Operations With 50% Stake in Rome Hospital Study Finds ACOs Still Focused on Early Stages of Care Redesign Few Consumers Seek Healthcare Pricing Information CMS' Proposal to Cancel Bundled Payment Models Draws Support From AHA Hartford HealthCare, Anthem Break Leaves Tens of Thousands Out-Of-Network Steward Health Care Becomes Private Hospital Operator of 36 Hospitals Following Iasis Acquisition OIG: ACOs Reduced Spending by Nearly $1B, 'Show Promise' KentuckyOne Health Transfers Ownership of Clinic for $0 Specialists Could See 16% Variability in Payments Under MIPS in 2018 Sponsored: How Memorial Hermann is Tackling Consumerism in the Digital Era

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