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Next Generation Data Centre, Newport named ‘Home of LINX Wales’ as new LINX PoP Goes LIVE

LINX Wales today announced it now has a fully functioning point of presence (PoP) at the NGD hyperscale data centre near Newport. This follows the previous announcement at the London Internet Exchange (LINX) member conference in London that Next Generation Data (NGD) – now part of Vantage Data Centers – was to become the home… Read More »

COVID-19 is expected to impact operating margins for the long term, finds Fitch

Although median ratios for U.S. not-for-profit hospitals and health systems improved in its 2020 report, analysts from Fitch Ratings say that financial effects of the coronavirus pandemic will be felt in the future. In 2020 Median Ratios for Not-for-Profit Hospitals and Healthcare Systems, the credit rating firm found that operating margins and operating EBITDA increased… Read More »

Final inpatient payment rule confirms price transparency push

Dive Brief: CMS is finalizing a price transparency push that uses median payer-specific negotiated charges from Medicare Advantage organizations to inform its calculations for inpatient hospital rates beginning in 2024, according to a final rule posted Wednesday. The Inpatient Prospective Payment System rule for 2021 includes a rate increase of 2.9% for general acute care… Read More »