News Articles and Studies

News Articles

Studies & Reports

• Mortality Lower When Inpatients See Their Own PCP in Hospital (Beckers)
• Study: For Inpatients, Primary Care Docs Outperform Hospitalists – A closer look at data showing lower mortality when patients cared for by their own PCPs (MedPage Today)

• FRG report highlights hospital’s failures, Some board members say budget cuts not enough (OAOA)

• Yale: Collaboration of Health Care and Social Services May Decrease Medical Costs and Visits (ASPPH)

• Study reveals high healthcare costs linked with acute kidney injury (EurekAlert)

• Heroin hospital discharges surpass those due to prescription opioids, Stanford study says (Stanford Med Scope)

• 2017 Employer Health Benefits Survey (KFF)

• Study shows high cost is by far the most important health care issue for New Yorkers (Cornell)

• Major teaching hospitals produce lower mortality rates than non-teaching hospitals (Fierce Health)

• Summary Article on Study Results (JAMA)

• Managed Care Programs Improve Care, Reduce Costs (Home Healthcare News)

• Survey Details

• FDA Approves Three Immunotherapy Drugs for Patients with Bladder Cancer (NIH)

• Skin cancer on the rise (Mayo Clinic)

• Full Text of Study Article (Mayo Proceedings)

• Surgery won’t help degenerative knee problems, experts say (Reuters)

• Full Text of Study Article (BMJ)

• Heart failure patients readmitted to same hospital may fare better (Heart Association)

Full Text of Study Article(JAHA)

• GAO Releases Report Addressing Post-Acute Care EHR Adoption (HIMSS)

• Study shows health insurance plans too complicated to understand (Insurance News)

• Annual Update of the National Health Security Preparedness Index: Preparedness Index assesses all 50 states & District of Columbia for health security and preparedness

• Study shows health insurance plans too complicated to understand (Insurance News)

• Rand Study: Direct-to-consumer telehealth may drive up medical spending by encouraging new care (EurekaAlert!)  

• High prices, not waste or over-use, drive high health care costs in the US (LSE)
• 3 Strategies to Decrease Low-Value Care, Healthcare Costs (RevCycle)
• The Opioid Epidemic and Medicaid's Role in Facilitating Access to Treatment (KFF)
• Obstetric Outcomes and Delivery-Related Health Care Utilization and Costs Among Pregnant Women With Multiple Chronic Conditions (CDC Research Brief)
• 3 Reasons Why Health Insurers and PBMs Are Merging (HealthLeaders)
• Facebook sent a doctor on a secret mission to ask hospitals to share patient data (CNBC)
• Maryland’s Global Budget Plan Did Not Change Hospital or Primary Care Usage (MedicalResearch)
• Impact of neonatal abstinence syndrome on state Medicaid programs (Science Daily)
• New Findings on Urgent Care Centers and Other Alternative Places of Service (AJMC)
• Physicians devise emergency and trauma care referral map for US (MedExpress)
• Delivering on the promises of clinically integrated networks and accountable care organizations (Becker’s)
• Hospital Utilization Management Can Reduce Denials, Improve Care (RevCycle)
• Proposal takes aim at hospital ‘certificates of need' (FloridaTrend)
• The Effect of Primary Care Visits on Health Care Utilization: Findings from a Randomized Controlled Trial (CATO)
• Full Research Brief
• Labor, administrative costs drive US healthcare spending far beyond other nations (HealthCareDive)

• Jama Report: Health Care Spending in the United States and Other High-Income Countries (JAMA)

• Hospitals Slow to Shift Medicare Referrals from SNFs to Home Health (Home Health Care News)
• Mass Emergency Rooms Share Records To Catch Patients Who Bounce From One To Another (WBUR)
• Readmission Cost Savings are a Reality with Enhanced Patient Engagement (Managed Care Exec)Over 100 Former Patients File Lawsuit Against Hospital That Hired 'OB-GYN' Who Used A Fake Name And Social Security Number (BET)
• Commentary: Healthcare at the tipping point: 2018 has high risks for hospitals (Philly.com)
• Need a knee replacement? It costs $46,974 at one Minnesota hospital and $6,186 at another (Twin Cities Pioneer Press)
• Pennsylvania nursing homes brace for workers' comp rate increase (Central Penn Business Journal)Non-heart surgery may still pose danger to senior heart health (UPI)
• Kindred Healthcare shutters another LTCA hospital (HealthCareDive)

• Kindred Healthcare, Heritage Nursing to collectively close five Massachusetts nursing homes, leaving 600 to find new place to live (MassLive)

• Health care expert: Why certificates of need are important in Central Florida (Orlando Business Journal)
• More pregnant women are using pot, study finds (WCYB/CNN)
• Johns Hopkins favored out-of-state patients over locals to increase revenue, lawsuit claims (Baltimore Sun)
• Understanding Health Spending: Lessons From The Healthy Marketplace Index (HealthAffairs)
• NY State law re-establishes rural health council (Adirondack Daily)
• UnitedHealth buys large doctors’ group in $5 billion deal: part of a growing trend (Portland Press Herald)
• For Ongoing ACO Shared Savings, Look Outside Inpatient, Primary Care (RevCycle)
• CMS finalizes changes to the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model, cancels Episode Payment Models, and Cardiac Rehabilitation Incentive Payment Model (HealthManagementTech)
• Utilization Review Metrics Aren’t Just for Physicians (HealthLeaders)
• FCC looks to expand $400M cap for Rural Health Care Program (HealthData)
• CMS Health Benefits Proposal Raises Red Flags (AAFP)
• 13 hospitals added to Rural Community Hospital Demonstration (HealthDive)
• Medicare Program; CY 2018 Inpatient Hospital Deductible and Hospital and Extended Care Services Coinsurance Amounts (Federal Register)
• New nursing home legislation in Florida would strengthen elder care ombudsman (Sun Sentinel)
• Lawmakers, advocates bicker over updated regulations for nursing homes: A Critical Choice (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
• Oklahoma Health Care Authority Delays And Reduces Planned Cuts (News9 KWTV)
• Erlanger seeks state permit to build Dunlap hospital, may operate Murphy Medical in North Carolina (Times Free Press)
• Don't end Nashville General Hospital inpatient services (Opnion: Tennessean)

• Re:Mayor Barry slammed over handling of Nashville General Hospital plans
• And: Nashville General to end inpatient care, Mayor Megan Barry announces

• National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics discusses the need for free health clinics in the U.S.(Video:C-Span)
• 60 new hospital beds approved for mental health patients in Alaska (Anchorage Daily)
• NJ Psych care expansion includes four new programs (Courier Post)
• Factors associated with increases in US health care spending, 1996–2013 (HealthData)

• Data Visualization: Tracking Health Care Spending

• How America’s Largest Safety-Net Health System Built A High-Performing Medicare ACO (Health Affairs)
• How analytics help health plan improve behavioral healthcare (HealthDataManagement)
• Why You Should Never Have Surgery in the Evening (If You Can Avoid It) (MSN)
• Emergency medical services take on larger role to improve community health (AAP)
• Memorial Hospital Submits Application for Closure with RI Department of Health (GoLocalProv)
• Combined Police/EMT Response Tactics Get Medical Care to Patients Quickly (JEMS)
• Bundled Payment Report Illustrates Increased Demand for Home Health (HomeHealthCareNews)
• Health system's bid for new Brentwood facility could be over (Nashville Business Journal)
• Nursing homes struggled with choice to evacuate in hurricane (Chron)
• Closing the Looming Health Care Talent Gap (SHRM)
• How UCSF researchers used EHR data to trace hospital infections to an emergency room CT scanner (FierceHealth)
• HUD testing housing model that could delay nursing home care (McKnights)
• Georgia high court upholds certificate of need restrictions (News-Tribune)
• Healthcare spending is slowing: Here’s why (Managed Care Exec)
• Care New England downgraded after Memorial Hospital closure news (WPRI)
• Symptom burden may increase hospital length of stay, readmission risk in advanced cancer (Science Daily)
• Depression, fatigue tied to more hospital stays for terminal cancer (Reuters)
• Is the U.S. addicted to fee-for-service health care? (KevinMD)
• Where do patients go when a troubled nursing home closes? Often, nowhere better (SacBee)
• Transforming health care to incentivize value and quality over volume (Business Journal/BCBS Texas)
• Home Health Care Spending Growth Outpaced All Other Sectors (HomeHealthCareNews)
• How the University of Maryland Medical System Used its EHR to Improve HIV/HCV Care (HIMSS)
• How U.S. Hospitals and Health Systems Can Reverse Their Sliding Financial Performance (Harvard Business)
• Changes in inpatient payer-mix and hospitalizations following Medicaid expansion: Evidence from all-capture hospital discharge data (PLOS)
• Quality gaps among nursing homes is likely to grow if Medicaid is cut (Chicago Sun Times/KHN)
• Not even the mattress pads were spared: An inside look at a top hospital’s struggle to cut costs (STAT)
• Older adults generally get happier over time, study suggests (AHCJ)
• Reducing Readmission in Sickle Cell Disease: The Role of the Patient-Centered Medical Home (Clinical Correlations)
• Many on Medi-Cal feel shut out of nursing homes (Fresno Bee)
• Health Systems Responsible for 70% of Acute Care Hospitals (RevCycle)
• Bankruptcy judge approves sale of Novant Eden hospital assets (Winston_Salem Journal)
• What to Know About TAVR, an Alternative to Open-Heart Surgery (USNews)
• Effective Communication With Patients Is Critical for Improved Quality of Life, Lower Costs (Cancer Therapy Advisor)
• Underweight associated with highest mortality and costs after cardiac catheterisation (MedExpress)
• Mayo official says hospital consolidation plan not motivated by short-term profits (HealthcareDive)
• Good Data, Better Value-Based Care Can Boost Population Health (HealthPayerIntel)
• Federal officials waive the 3-day-stay rule at hospitals for skilled nursing care in disaster areas (AARP)
• Health care expansion regulations pro or 'con' for Mississippi? (Clarion Ledger)
• Woodstock requests public hearing on proposed Centegra Hospital changes (Northwest Herald)
• Mount Sinai St. Luke’s Hospital sued for faxing HIV status to patient’s employer (Fierce Health)
• ‘Meds-to-beds’ programs aim to prevent re-hospitalization (Washington Post)
• Avoidable emergency department visits: a starting point (Journal for Quality in Healthcare)
• Online physician ratings inaccurately indicate care quality, study shows (Beckers)
• HHS IG Issues Advisory Opinion on Medicare Supplemental Health Insurance (Insurancenewsnet)
• More than half of Americans will need nursing home care: study (UPI)
• Storm Harvey could financially hurt already strained Houston hospitals (Reuters)
• Great Health Care's Key Ingredient Remains Unchanged: It's The People (Forbes)
• Health care watchdog sends urgent alert on potential nursing home abuse (PBS)
• FDA Approves Personalized Cellular Therapy for Advanced Leukemia Developed by University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (PennMedicine)
• Study identifies methods for preventing overcrowding in emergency rooms (EurekAlert)
• Changes in Hospital Inpatient Stays Over Ten Years: Less Cardiac Care, More Mental Health and Sepsis Admissions (Medical Research)Health insurers try paying more upfront to pay less later (FierceHealth)
• Medicaid discontinuity leads to higher costs, hospital use in depression (Healio: Psychiatric Annals)
• SEER-Medicare Database Analysis Notes Higher Resource Utilization Among Patients With Neuroendocrine Tumors (AJMC)
• What is outpatient observation status? (Auburn Pub)
• Hospital Stocks Slide (Bloomberg)
• 5 trends in cervical spine surgery cost, utilization (Beckers)
• Health care fraud: The hot new legal practice? (Crains)
• Top 10 Most Expensive Chronic Diseases for Healthcare Payers (HealthPayers)
• The Facts on Medicare Spending and Financing (Kaiser)
• Medicare Study: Inpatient Setting More Cost-Effective than SNFs (HealthLeaders)
• Healthcare Costs Up 47.2% Despite Little Change in Utilization (RevCycle)
• Improving ICU care and communication through technology use (Bioengineer)
• Medicaid 'churning' leads to increased acute care use for patients with major depression (EurekaAlert)
• Threats to Information Security — Public Health Implications (NEJM Perspectives)
• Investing more in inpatient care relative to longer-term nursing facilities reduces mortality rates (MedXpress)
• HealthSouth Corporation Announces Planned Name Change to Encompass Health Corporation (NASDAQ)
• Hospitals that spend more initially yield better outcomes (ScienceDaily)
• EHR use interrupts doctor-patient connection (HealthDataManagement)
• Fact check: Deaths from a health care bill? (Courier-Post)
• Mortality Increases With Emergency Surgery Delays (Medscape)
• Senate Health Insurance Bill Could Both Boost And Cut Mental Health Funding (NPR)
• The cost of care: new insights into healthcare spending growth (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Can Health Care Be “Built to Order?” — Making the Shift Toward Customized Care (NEJM Catalyst)
• Medicaid’s Role in Nursing Home Care (KHN)
• Related: AARP: States Lag in Keeping Medicaid Enrollees Out of Nursing Homes (US News/KHN)
• Mount Sinai Hospital to end pediatric trauma, inpatient services (Chicago Tribune)
• 96% of Healthcare Execs Report Rise in Inpatient Drug Spending (RevCycle)
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• Plan to privatize Michigan mental health aid advances (Detroit News)
• Florida governor signs law that will change nursing home reimbursement (McKnights)
• Risk, benefit or cost: What stops patients from receiving a diagnostic test? (Bioengineer.org)
• Hospitalists and cost control in the U.S. health care system (The Hospitalist)
• Opinion: Nursing Home Certificate-Of-Need Laws Should Be Repealed (McKnights)
• Clinical Pathways: Paving the Way to Improve Patient-Centered and Cohesive Cancer Care (Oncology Nurse Advisor)
• Many COPD Patients Struggle To Pay For Each Medicinal Breath (KHN)
• Brown Gets $1.1M to Study Medicare Post-Discharge Care Quality (HealthAnalytics)
• Hospitals Vary in Moving Stroke Patients to Comfort or Hospice Care (US News)
• Influx Of Elderly Patients Forces ER To Practice Comfort Care (KHN)
• Opinion: Healthy networks: The critical link for healthcare access (Health IT)
• Frailer patients at much greater risk of institutional care and death after discharge from hospital (EurekaAlert)
• How U.S. Health Care Got Safer by Focusing on the Patient Experience (Harvard Business Review)
• Aging population, uptick in number of retiring professionals stress health care industry (Tribune Review)
• Stem Cell Transplant Patients Benefit From Inpatient Palliative Care (Oncology Nurse)
• Suicide risk higher for patients after discharge from psychiatric care (UPI)
• CME/CE: Outcomes After ED Discharge of the Elderly (Physicians Weekly)
• Patient-centric approach yields same-day discharge after knee, hip replacements (Fierce Health)
• Study finds huge mark-ups on hospital ER charges (Consumer Affairs)
• Municipalities Grapple With Whether Nursing Homes Should Be Taxpayer-Funded (WSJ)
• Congress May Open The Door To Some Medicare Long-Term Care (Forbes)
• New Approach Helps Health Information Exchanges Cross State Lines (Health IT)
• Medicare Advantage patients less likely to use post-acute care (Beckers)
• Emergency Room doctors say insurance companies are gouging patients (KBTX)Imaging use plunges as coding, reimbursement tightens up (Modern Healthcare)
• Hospitals Maintain Test Use Despite Healthcare Price Transparency (RevCycle)
• FY 2018 inpatient PPS proposed rule (AHA News)
•  Urgent Care: Is It Worth the No Wait? (Healthy Children Org)  
• Study shows health insurance plans too complicated to understand (Insurance News)
• Health Security Gets Check-Up: How Prepared is Texas for Next Emergency? (TWSpectrum News)
• County exec moves to take control of Harford's emergency medical system (Baltimore Sun)
• Palliative care linked to fewer repeat hospitalizations (Reuters)
• Electronic health records improve weekend surgery outcomes (MedExpress)
• Discharge Events Improved With Standardized Inpatient Palliative Care Consultation (Oncology Nurse Advisor)
• Higher physician spending not associated with lower admission rates (HealthcareDive)
• Putting the Cancer Patient Front and Center: An Interview with NCI’s Dr. Paul Jacobsen (cancer.gov)
• Researchers to develop 'wearable' robotic tools for surgery (Science Daily)
• FDA OKs new Novartis drug for type of advanced breast cancer (FOX Health)
•  Few people know about overlapping surgery (Reuters)
• CMS Issues Instructions to Hospitals Regarding the Implementation of Ruling 1498-R2 (calculation of the Medicare fraction of the disproportionate share hospital) (JDSupra)
• Gov. Terry Branstad Pushed Certificate of Need Reform; Iowa Hospitals Killed It (Reason.com)
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