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An informative article published in Capture Billing states, patients are more in control of the patient-doctor relationship than ever before. The proliferation of third-party healthcare websites, including numerous sites dedicated to reviewing doctors and medical practices, opens up patients to a wealth of new information once restricted only to conversations with their doctor.

According to The Atlantic, Hospital patients are attacking staff at an alarming rate, and there are no federal regulations requiring employers to provide any protection.

Recently published in Forbes, it used to be that hospitals billed Medicare for the services they provided, and Medicare–I know this is crazy!–simply paid the bills.

CNBC reports, One by one, key health care industry groups are telling the incoming Republican administration and Congress that it's not a good idea to repeal the 2010 health care law without clear plans to address the consequences.

With 2016 coming to a close, have you charted your plan for success in 2017? According to a recent article released by Entrepreneur Magazine there are 5 key points to consider when establishing a plan to grow your business in 2017:

According to Entrepreneur Magazine, With the busy holiday season fast approaching, now is the time many small-business owners start thinking about goals for the upcoming year -- maybe it’s expanding to an additional location, introducing a new product or even hiring staff in order to achieve better work-life balance.Just as you did when you developed your first business plan, it is important to take a step back and evaluate your next set of goals -- that way you’re proactively managing your business and setting measurable benchmarks you can track. Based on my conversations with entrepreneurs like you.

According to Home Health Care News, A new bill could expand who can conduct initial assessments for home health visits in certain cases. The bill, the Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2016, would loosen some restrictions at a time when the industry has seen an influx of new, burdensome regulations.

Recently published in The New York Times, Donald J. Trump once declared that campaigning for “substantial” changes to Medicare would be a political death wish. But with Election Day behind them, emboldened House Republicans say they will move forward on a years-old effort to shift Medicare away from its open-ended commitment to pay for medical services and toward a fixed government contribution for each beneficiary. The idea rarely came up during Mr. Trump’s march toward the White House, but a battle over the future of Medicare could roil Washington during his first year in office, whether he wants it or not.

A recent article published on Healthcare Dive states, for today's healthcare industry, finding and keeping top-notch physicians, nurses and other providers is key to patients’ wellbeing and high patient satisfaction scores. But competition for higher-quality talent is fierce and turnover can be high. According to Nursing Solutions’ 2016 Healthcare Staffing Survey, 67% of hospitals report rising turnover rates, with an average rate for bedside RNs of 16.4%. And according to the American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration, 20.4% of healthcare employees — one in every five — quit their jobs each year.

According to the 2016 Kauffman Index of Main Street Entrepreneurship, released today by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation,Sharp uptick in small business survival rates, which drove increase in Main Street activity rates exceeded pre-recession levels for the first time.