Morning Headlines 1/25/19
Hospitals Are Asking Their Own Patients to Donate Money
Hospitals are running nightly “wealth screening” analytics on inpatients who they then deem affluent enough to ask for donations before discharge.
Rhode Island Docs Alarmed by Subpoenas
The Rhode Island Health Department charges four Rhode Island Hospital ED physicians with medical misconduct after they voluntarily report errors that caused wrong scans to be ordered.
EBSCO Health Acquires HealthDecision
Healthcare content company Ebsco Health acquires HealthDecision, a clinical decision-support and shared decision-making software vendor, for an unspecified amount.
U.S. Uninsured Rate Rises to Four-Year High
The US uninsured rate rises to a four-year high of nearly 14 percent thanks to higher premiums, less competition, elimination of the individual mandate, and shortened enrollment periods.
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