Naya Kehayes, managing principal and CEO of Eveia Health Consulting and Management, recommends hospitals and other providers ask payors these five questions regarding referral requirements within managed care contracts during negotiations.
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Oneida (N.Y) Healthcare's Board of Trustees appointed Dewey Rowlands its new CFO and vice president of finance, according to a Madison County Courier report.
Some medical schools are condensing courses and cutting time off from school in an effort to cut the cost of earning a medical degree and encourage more students to take up primary care, according to an American Medical News report.
In an effort to highlight hospital care during National Hospital Week, the American Hospital Association is releasing a print advertisement and video honoring "champions of care" who work in hospitals, according to an AHA News Now report.
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