St. Louis-based Ascension and Renton, Wash.-based Providence St. Joseph Health are reportedly discussing a potential merger that, if successful, would make the combined nonprofit entity the largest hospital operator in the nation, according to The Wall Street Journal.
2. 45% of healthcare leaders expect an uptick in quality-based reimbursement in 2018
Nearly half (45 percent) of healthcare leaders predict quality-based reimbursement will increase next year, according to Medical Group Management Association’s most recent statistics poll.
3. 6 things to know about CHI, Dignity CEOs Kevin Lofton & Lloyd Dean
Under a Dec. 7 merger agreement, the two heads of Englewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives and San Francisco-based Dignity Health will jointly lead the combined Catholic health system as co-CEOs.
4. Politics don’t change our mission: How to lead a healthcare organization amid uncertainty in DC
The healthcare policy turmoil that has defined 2017 is enough to give anyone whiplash, political affiliation and occupation aside. Since President Donald Trump took office in January, the healthcare industry has observed the coming — and in many cases, going — of proposals such as the American Health Care Act, the Better Care Reconciliation Act, the straight repeal, the skinny repeal and the individual mandate repeal, to name a few.
5. Partners HealthCare turns around worst financial loss to a profit in FY 2017
Boston-based Partners HealthCare reversed the worst financial loss in its history to post a profit in fiscal year 2017, according to the Boston Globe.
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