1. CMS will cancel major bundled payment
initiatives  Full story


2.
Health insurer stock report: Week of Aug. 7-11  Full story
3.
10 Medicare Advantage plans ranked by member satisfaction
  Full story
 
4. These aren’t your grandfather’s hackers—today’s
cyber criminals run sophisticated operations and many organizations are
vulnerable. Microsoft Cloud has the solution, and 20 million businesses already
use it. 
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5. Swedish Health’s Cherry
Hill campus at risk of losing Medicare, Medicaid funding  Full story




6. Trump administration delays deadline for
insurers to calculate prices 3 weeks  Full story

7. How to differentiate between 3rd party
agreements and managed care contracts – key thoughts to avoid lower
reimbursements  Register here

8. 23 payers proposing double-digit premium hikes
for 2018  Full story

9. Auditor: 15-bed Missouri hospital at heart of $90M billing
fraud scheme  Full story
10. BCBS axes Mission Health’s offer to keep ACA
exchange policyholders in-network  Full story

11.
Find out how to recruit, hire and retain the
best Epic skilled professionals to build and operate your software.
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12. Texas Senate approves bill restricting insurance
coverage for abortions 
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13. U of Kentucky
physicians, faculty rally around surgeon stripped of privileges  Full story
14.
ACA’s insurance tax will increase premiums 2.6%
in 2018, UnitedHealth-commissioned study finds  Full story

15. Apple, Aetna
may bring Apple Watch to insurance customers: 4 things to know  
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