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> The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is on track to meet its goal of moving 30 percent of fee-for-service Medicare payments to value-based payments by the end of 2016, Healthcare Drive reports. Article
> Patrick Battey, M.D., was named the sole CEO of Piedmont Atlanta Hospital in Georgia. Announcement
> Dignity Health will continue to expand and plans four smaller neighborhood hospitals across the Las Vegas Valley in the next two years, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. Article
Health Finance News
> An offshore insurance company is offering a new kind of liability coverage for hospitals, indemnifying them against a pandemic or similar outbreaks. Article
> A startup company in the Pacific Northwest is offering emergent care visits to patients for the fraction of the price of hospital care. Article
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