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• United Health study: Hospital inpatient spending from commercial plans tops $200B in 2018 (Fierce Health)

• Physician Burnout: Isolation, Loneliness And The Loss Of The American Hospital (Forbes)

• GAO tracks pharmacy benefit managers trends in Medicare Part D settings and finds that utilization management may restrict medication access.(Health Payer)

• CRISP, Maryland’s state-designated health information exchange, will increase integration of its advance care planning solution. (ER Intelligence)

• Study: Improving Access to High-Value Care Lowers Costs, Improves Health (AHIP)

• Here’s how ‘Medicare for All’ would affect every part of the $3.5 trillion US healthcare system (Business Insider)

Related:

• Opinion: What will happen to doctors and hospitals under Medicare-for-all? It's complicated (The Week).
• Rural Hospitals Say ‘Medicare For All’ Would End Up “Closing Our Doors” (WBUR)
• Hospitals Stand to Lose Billions Under ‘Medicare for All’ (NYT)
• Some payers, providers could thrive under 'Medicare for All.' But only if they're willing to adapt (Fierce Health)
• Opinion: The risks of ‘Medicare for all’ (Boston Globe)
• Opinion:It’s time for Democrats to get their facts right on Medicare-for-all (Washington Post)
• Medicare Public Option Would Harm Rural Hospitals, Study Finds (RevCycle)

• Resource Utilization Low Among Patients With First-Episode Schizophrenia (Psychiatry Advisor)

• Study Abstract: Service Use Following First-Episode Schizophrenia Among Commercially Insured Youth

• Four Ways to Make Evidence-Based Practice the Norm in Health Care (Harvard Business Review)

• Opinion: Democrats Are Having the Wrong Health Care Debate (NYT)

• Social Determinants Screenings Cut Hospital Admissions by Nearly 30% (HealthAnalytics)

• Rollback of NC regulations on new health care facilities gets Senate OK (WRAL)

• A nursing home chain grows too fast and collapses, and elderly and disabled residents pay the price (NBC)

• South Dakota lawmakers ease regulations on nursing home beds (Rapid City Journal)

• Hospitals could multiply in Florida as state cancels certificate-of-need requirement (Beckers)

• Study: Growth Of Public Coverage Among Working Families In The Private Sector (Health Affairs)

• Medicare For All Finances Healthcare Problems Instead of Fixing Them (Forbes)

• OIG: CMS needs to strengthen hospice oversight, transparency (Fierce Health)

• Related: OIG Report -Hospice Deficiencies Pose Risks to Medicare Beneficiearies
• OIG attacks hospice quality problems (McKnights)/Move over nursing homes, you have company (McKnights:2)

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