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• Bad debt could rise at Oregon hospitals in line with national prediction (Portland Business Journal)

• Consistent hospitalist care linked to better patient outcomes, study finds (Beckers)

• JAMA Study: Association of the Work Schedules of Hospitalists With Patient Outcomes of Hospitalization

• Louisiana Medicaid patients use emergency rooms more, but not Medicaid expansion patients (Lafayette Daily Advertiser)

• Some nursing homes are illegally evicting elderly and disabled residents who can't afford to pay (MSN)

• Freestanding Emergency Departments Can Increase Patient Spending (Health Leaders)

• Study Abstract: Freestanding Emergency Department Entry and Market-level Spending on Emergency Care

• Nursing homes challenged by margins, occupancy rates (The Lowell Sun)

• Multipayer Primary Care Transformation: Impact for Medicaid Managed Care Beneficiaries (AJMC)

• Efforts To Move The Needle On Flu Shot Rates Get Stuck (KHN)

• HCCI Adds Blue Cross Blue Shield Claims Data to National Database for Analyzing Healthcare Costs (HealthPayer)

• Beaumont Health sues Michigan regulators after hospital plan is rejected (Beckers)

• Proposed Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Rule would tighten Medicaid supplement payments (RevCycle)

• Announcement: Scheduled publication in Nov 18th, 2019 Federal Register

• Rash of nursing home closures in Washington prompts proposals to raise Medicaid rates (KUOW)

• CMS Grants Ambulatory Surgery Centers' Wish —Expands roster of services reimbursable in Medicare (MedPageToday)

• Related:CMS Finalizes Rule Allowing Reimbursement of PCI in Ambulatory Centers (TCTMD)

• Healthcare Costs Vary Among Specialists Across, Within Hospitals (RevCycle)

• Comprehensive Health Management Pharmacist-Delivered Model: Impact on Healthcare Utilization and Costs (AJMC)

• Frequent ED Users Have Higher Utilization Rates Than Nonfrequent Users (Health Leaders)

• Fact Sheet: Federal Health Insurance Exchange 2020 (CMS)

• Related: For the ACA enrollment season, the federal health insurance marketplace will have star ratings, enhanced direct enrollment, and a brand new HRA option (HealthPayer)

• Retrospective study suggests ED physicians improving both outcomes and efficiency of care (MedExpress)

• JAMA Study Abstract: Trends in Mortality for Medicare Beneficiaries Treated in the Emergency Department From 2009 to 2016

• News Release: FTC to Study the Impact of COPAs (FTC)

• Related: What the FTC’s Study of COPAs Means for Hospital Mergers (RevCycle)

• Adjusting Hospital Reimbursement to Account for Social Influences on Health (JAMA Network)

• Spread of ACOs And Value-Based Payment Models In 2019: Gauging the Impact of [CMS] Pathways to Success (HealthAffairs)

• Too many older adults readmitted to hospitals with same infections they took home (MedicalExpress)

• Kaiser Family Foundation Survey Results:

• A View from the States: Key Medicaid Policy Changes: Results from a 50-State Medicaid Budget Survey for State Fiscal Years 2019 and 2020

• Related Article: State Medicaid Programs Enhance SUD Benefits, Lower Cost-Sharing

• Medicaid Enrollment & Spending Growth: FY 2019 & 2020

• Related Article: Medicaid Spend Grows 2.9% in FY 2019, Medicaid Enrollment Flat

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