While hospitals may say new patient engagement and consumer-friendly strategies are a priority, only 8 percent were applying such practices successfully according to a report from Kaufmann, Hall & Associates.

Minnetonka, Minnesota-based Medica has reached a deal with Mayo Clinic to acquire its Mayo Clinic Health Solutions division, also known as MMSI, for an undisclosed sum.

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) plans to spend $900 million in its capital budget next year, including a new hospital in York, Pa., renovations at other facilities and paying off prior debt.

A noninvasive eye scan, developed by neuroscience investigators at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, detects Alzheimer’s disease years before symptoms arise by analyzing the amyloid-beta deposits in the retina. The study, published in JCI Insight, outlined how the scan improves current detection methods with high accuracy.

60 percent of Americans believe it’s the government’s responsibility to provide universal health coverage, representing a major shift in opinion since 2013, according to an analysis published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

In a first for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), it stripped a hospital’s nonprofit tax status over failing to meet charity care requirements which went into effect, though the unnamed hospital also claimed it didn’t want or need tax-exempt status.

Downers Grove, Illinois-based DuPage Medical Group has acquired a $1.45 billion investment from private equity firm Ares Management, which will fund continued expansion by what it is already Illinois’ largest independent physicians group.

Joining other CMS sites covering hospitals, dialysis facilities and inpatient rehabilitation facilities is a new Hospice Compare website allowing patients and their families to compare more than 3,800 providers.