Issue link: https://beckershealthcare.uberflip.com/i/912958
5 FEATURES PUBLISHER'S LETTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 EXECUTIVE BRIEFING: Patients Have Enough on Their Minds — Take Confusing Medical Bills Off the Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 CFO / FINANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 California Hospital Suspends All Services, Notifies 524 Employees of Possible Layoffs Insurers' No. 1 Worry Right Now: Consumer Confusion Tenet to Close 232-Bed Phoenix Hospital Los Angeles Hospital to Close, Lay Off 638 Employees CVS Health Proposes to Buy Aetna for $66B: 4 Things to Know Tenet Reports $366M Net Loss, Plans to Cut 1,300 Jobs Man Receives $52k Hospital Bill After His Backpack Was Stolen in San Francisco Anthem Launches In-House Pharmacy Business With CVS Health After Express Scripts Fallout Dignity Health's Operating Loss Widens to $66.8M With Loss of State Provider-Fee Revenue Mission Health CEO Calls BCBS 'Unethical, Bullying Foe' in Internal Email to Senior Leadership HCA reports $140M hit from hurricanes, Net Income Tumbles to $426M in Q3 Family in Shock After Receiving a $10k, 26-Year-Old Medical Bill Care New England to Close Hospital After Sale to Prime Healthcare Collapses EXECUTIVE BRIEFING: How Biometric Identification Enhances Patient Safety and the Hospital's Bottom Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 CEO / STRATEGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Cleveland Clinic CEO: Healthcare to Undergo 'Total Restructuring' to Accommodate Shift in Payment Models Jefferson Health Announces Job Cuts Freestanding ER Operators Want Google to Find Out Who Left Them 22 Bad Online Reviews 8 Healthcare Marketing Trends for 2018 Former Medtronic CEO: No Legislation Has Addressed the Nation's Biggest Healthcare Problem Northwell Health to Lay Off 107 as It Winds Down Long-Term Care Plan Aetna CEO: Successful Companies Manage People, Not Bottom Lines Ascension to Rebrand Care Sites in 6 Additional Markets Should Companies Stop End-of-Year Performance Reviews? How Congress, Hospitals and Lobbying Inflate Healthcare Costs 5 Things to Know About CVS Health CEO Larry Merlo Intermountain Healthcare to Restructure Internal Operations EXECUTIVE BRIEFING: Population Health Management: Geisinger's Focus on Vaccination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 CIO / HEALTH IT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 What Trump's Opioid Declaration Means for Health IT Study: Paper Records Outpace EHRs on Content Quality, Quantity CVS Health, Epic Partner for More Informed Prescribing WSJ: Outcome Health Employees Allegedly Misled Advertisers With Inaccurate Reports Meditech Product Revenue Jumps 33% in Q3: 4 Things to Know Athenahealth Q3 Revenue up 10% From Last Year Why the US Health System Still Prioritizes Fax Machines: 7 Things to Know Health IT Investments on Track for Record-Setting Year: 3 Things to Know Northwell Health Launches Amazon Alexa Skill to Help Patients Avoid ER Wait Deloitte: 3 Ways Blockchain Might Improve Hospital Operations by 2027