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Banner | Aetna Aligns Incentives to Drive Innovation

Banner Health and Aetna formed a provider-partnered value-based care health plan in 2016 to drive innovation, improve outcomes, reduce costs and enhance patient experience. Results from the partnership show improvement in all areas of the value equation.

Data-Driven Initiative Drives Down Disparities in Rural Health Care

Identifying the underlying factors that contribute to disparities in outcomes in vulnerable rural populations and developing strategies to address these issues remain constant challenges, but progress is being made. OSF Healthcare’s Health Equities Action Lab (HEAL) is employing a data-driven strategy to address breast cancer disparity outcomes among its Illinois patients, 65% of whom live in rural areas.
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Rural Hospital Closures Threaten Access: Solutions to Preserve Care in Local Communities

The American Hospital Association today released a new report highlighting the variety of causes that resulted in 136 rural hospital closures from 2010 to 2021, and a record 19 closures in 2020 alone.
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Comparison of Care in Hospital Outpatient Departments and Independent Physician Offices Among Cancer Patients

Site neutral payments may have adverse effects on Medicare cancer patient access to care.
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Comparison of Care in Hospital Outpatient Departments and Independent Physician Offices

Site neutral payments may have adverse effects on Medicare patient access to care.
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Grand Junction Community Hospital | Colorado

Community Hospital is an independent, nonprofit acute care hospital that’s been operating in Grand Junction, Colo., since 1946.
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Johnson County Hospital | Nebraska

Johnson County Hospital is an 18-bed critical access hospital based in Tecumseh, Nebraska.
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Microsoft Plan to Help Rural Care Facilities Improve Cybersecurity Gains Traction

Efforts launched about 18 months ago by Microsoft to help rural health care facilities improve cybersecurity and expand access to artificial intelligence (AI) continue to gain traction.
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HPA OPPS Rate Comparison Tables for 2026

Below are three spreadsheets, one comparing relative weights and payment rates at the APC level, using the 2026 proposed rule Addendum A compared to 2025 Addendum A (July 1, 2025 file), as downloaded from the CMS website.
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Using Z Codes to Reduce Disparities in Health Outcomes in Rural Indiana

Hospitals and health systems are working to address the societal factors that influence health, including the social needs of their patients, social drivers of health in their communities and the root causes that lead to health disparities.