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CMS has issued updated guidance for surveyors and healthcare providers on addressing immediate jeopardy, the most severe type of noncompliance warning as the findings can place organizations at risk of losing federal funding.

Rising labor expenses and shrinking reimbursements are putting significant pressure on hospitals’ financial health, according to Kaufman Hall's National Hospital Flash Report. 

Mara Groom, DO, has been named CMO for Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Medical Group, the physician network affiliated with Avera Health, KIWA Radio reported Dec. 1. 

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened Houston-based Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine's Medicare and Medicaid funding in a Nov. 24 post to social media platform X, the San Antonio Current reported Nov. 27. 

The Indiana Attorney General's office will drop its case against a Carmel, Ind., physician it had previously accused of misconduct and being "unfit to practice," WRTV Indianapolis reported Nov. 26. 

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