Here are five articles recently published by Becker's Hospital Review that offer insight on healthcare-related private equity activity, new Medicare rules and more.
1. Private equity pushes into healthcare: 6 latest deals
Healthcare-related private equity activity broke records in 2017, and the healthcare sector continues to draw private equity investors.
2. CMS proposes new Medicare compliance rules: 7 things to know
CMS issued a proposal to update its Medicare compliance requirements Sept. 17, which includes eliminating duplicative ownership disclosures for critical access hospitals and other requirements that could save healthcare providers more than $1 billion annually.
3. 10 hospital bankruptcies in 2018
From reimbursement landscape challenges to dwindling patient volumes, many factors lead hospitals to file for bankruptcy.
4. CMS names 6 Medicaid advanced APMs for 2019
For the 2019 performance year, CMS said six Medicaid payment arrangements will qualify as Advanced Alternative Payment Models under the Quality Payment Program's all-payer combination option.
5. Hospitals look to non-acute care, outside suppliers for value-based care success
Hospitals are expanding in non-acute care and seeking outside service providers amid shifts to population health and value-based care, according to a study from global management firm L.E.K. Consulting.
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