It's Tuesday News Day and here is what we have on tap.

• House Votes to Remove Federal Ban on National Patient ID MARK HAGLAND AND RAJIV LEVENTHAL Healthcare Innovation Group
• Intense Hospital Consolidation Increases Patient Costs Alanna Moriarty Definitive Healthcare Blog
• CFOs plan more active role in healthcare digital transformation HealthcareITnews.com Nathan Eddy
• Patients say physicians with mobile apps are faster, convenient, offer better communication HealthcareITnews.com Nathan Eddy
• Healthcare hiring continued to slide in May TARA BANNOW Modern Healthcare
• Amazon launches Personalize, a fully managed AI-powered recommendation service Venture Beat