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- The American Journal of Managed Care® Examines How Chronic Hepatitis C and Its Treatment Affect Medicaid Costs (Business Wire)
- Suicide's Link to Nursing Homes, Long-
Term Care (USNews) - Study:Suicide Among Older Adults Living in or Transitioning to Residential Long-
term Care, 2003 to 2015 (JAMA) - Hospital Discharge Algorithm Saves $860 Per Patient Episode and Reduces Readmissions, According to New Data from Remedy Labs (Businesswire)
- Study:Association of Decision Support for Hospital Discharge Disposition With Outcomes (AJMC)Jama Report: Health Care Spending in the United States and Other High-
Income Countries (JAMA)
- Dartmouth study reveals how ACOs use home visits to improve care and reduce hospital use (MedExpress)
- CMS unveils new rural health strategy:CMS Rural Strategy 2018
- 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 links Blue Cross' big size to Michigan's low hospital prices (Detroit Free Press)
- 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)
- Major teaching hospitals produce lower mortality rates than non-
teaching hospitals (Fierce Health)
- Summary Article on Study Results (JAMA)
- New AHA Report Finds Hospital Outpatient Revenue Nearing Inpatient Revenue, While CMS Proposes Paying Less for In-
hospital Healthcare Services (DarkDaily)
- Managed Care Programs Improve Care, Reduce Costs (Home Healthcare News)
- 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)
- GAO: Private Health Insurance Enrollment Remains Concentrated Among Few Issuers, including in Exchanges (GAO Report)
- Care shifts from physician offices to outpatient settings and costs go up, HCCI study finds (Fierce Health)
- Heart failure patients readmitted to same hospital may fare better (Heart Association)/
Full Text of Study Article(JAHA)
- American Hospital Association Rejects Findings of New Health Affairs Hospital Pricing Study (Lexology)
- GAO Releases Report Addressing Post-
Acute Care EHR Adoption (HIMSS)
- Annual Update of the National Health Security Preparedness Index: Preparedness Index assesses all 50 states & District of Columbia for health security and preparedness
- 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)
- An expert from Harvard Medical School warns policymakers about the potential behavioral changes resulting from lower reimbursement rates under Medicare for All (RevCycle)
- NABH Examines the High Cost of Compliance on Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities (Market Watch)
- Health-
care bill clears N.C. Senate after certificate- of- need language cut (Winston Salem Journal) - Leapfrog Leader Pushes for Adoption of Expanded Medical Error Policy (HealthLeaders)
- State's [Illinois]new capital plan putting $200 million toward hospital, health care “transformations” (News-
Gazette) - Opinion:Hospital bill isn’t protecting patients, group says. It’s protecting profits.(NJ.com)
- Teaching Hospitals Aren’t More Expensive Than Non-
Teaching Peers (RevCycle)
- Why have Insurance Premiums increased so dramatically under AHA? (Health Payer)
- House votes to overturn ban on national patient identifier (ModernHealthcare)
- Recent CVS-
Aetna Merger Hearings Signal Challenges Ahead (HealthPayer)Rural hospital closures leave residents with few options: 'It's a fight every day' (ABCNews)
- Related: Opinion: Merger of rural hospitals kept them viable for Northeast Tennessee (Tennesean)
- Country Closures: Rural Communities Adapt As More Hospitals Shut Down (WFPL)
- Community Voices: Rural hospitals at risk (Johnson City Press)
- The Grim State of Urban Hospitals (USNews)
- Related: Pennsylvania issues cease and desist letter for closure of Hahnemann Hospital (PhillyVoice)
- What Happens To Patients If Louisville’s Jewish Hospital Closes? (WFPL)
- Encompass Health agrees to pay $48M in false claims case (FierceHealth)
- HCA Asks Judge to Toss Lawsuit Alleging ER 'Cover Charge' (HealthLeaders)
- Cancer Care Spending and Use by Site of Provider-
Administered Chemotherapy in Medicare (AJMC) - Impact Of Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, And Physician Assistants On Utilization And Costs For Complex Patients (Health Affairs)
- A Large-
Scale Advanced Illness Intervention Informs Medicare’s New Serious Illness Payment Model (HealthAffairs) - CMS plans to release list of 400 troubled nursing homes following Senate report (FierceHealth)
- Florida may eliminate certificate of need requirement for new hospitals (BDC)
- North Carolina Senate puts hospital certificate of need reforms in budget (WRAL)
- Editorial: The Florida Legislature embraces the wild west of health care as State lawmakers voted to deregulate construction of new hospitals. That’s not healthy for the state or for nonprofit hospitals that care for most of the poor. (Tampa Bay Times)
- On Maryland's Eastern Shore, local hospital is downsized — and residents are outraged at UMMS (Baltimore Sun)
- Coming to Terms With [Inpatient to Outpatient Health] Care Migration (AJMC)
- Online tool can help Pennsylvania cancer patients decide where to have surgery (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- As dispute-
resolution bill advances in NY, hospitals ramp up opposition (Crains) - Hospital rating systems don't align — so which should patients believe? (USA Today)
- Medicare Advantage Dual Eligibles Have Fewer ER Visits Than Those Under FFS (Health Leaders)
- A Bipartisan Plan to Lower Health Costs, End Surprise Bills (Fiscal Times)
- Bill to improve nursing home care passes Oklahoma Senate, House (Tulsa World)
- How To Find And Use New Federal Ratings For Rehab Services At Nursing Homes (KHN)
- Past the Price Index: Exploring Actual Prices Paid for Specific Services by Metro Area (HealthCostInstitute)
- As Hospital Corporations Threaten Essential Services Across Massachusetts, Lawmakers to Examine Bill Strengthening Closure Law at May 28 Hearing (Markets)
- Connecticut governor proposes partially privatizing mental health, addiction services (FierceHealth)
- Major health bills headed to Gov. DeSantis [Florida] related to CON for acute care services.(BizJournals)
- Rates of depression up in U.S. women at hospital to give birth (MedExpress)
- The Double-
Edged Sword In A State Without Certificate Of Need Laws (BisNow) - Data Analytics in Widespread Use, But Not for Population Health (Health IT)
- Related: CMS Offers Resources to Address Social Determinants of Health (HealthIT)
- Why long-
term care insurance could get a lot more expensive for thousands of Virginians (Virginia Pilot) - North Dakota to Implement Reinsurance for Health Insurance Market (HealthPayer)
- Researchers at University of Chicago Target Medical Research:The Impact of Marital Status On Health Care Utilization Among Medicare Beneficiaries (Insurancenews)
- CMS to Test New Models for Medicare, Medicaid Dual Eligibles (HealthPayer)
- Shifting Care from Office to Outpatient Settings: Services are Increasingly Performed in Outpatient Settings with Higher Prices (HCCI Blog Health Bytes)
- State, Fairbanks health officials oppose certificate of need repeal (Daily News -
Miner) - Editorial: A most sneaky attack on Oregon taxpayers (The Bulletin)
- Prevalence of Out-
of- Network and Balance Bills Varies by State, Medical Specialty (XtelligentHealthcareMedia) - [Health] Bills would cost Oklahoma consumers (The Oklahoman Editorial Board)
- Lehigh Valley Health hospital to shutter ER amid system consolidation (Beckers)
- Frailty before surgery tied to more complications, higher costs (Reuters)
- Some Arizona hospitals are struggling in a changing health-
care economy (AZCentral) - Alaska Proposes Medicaid Changes Aimed at Cost Savings (USNews/AP)
- How health systems build a winning ASC strategy (Beckers)
- Certificate of Need' repeal stalls in Florida Senate (Sun Sentinel)
- Clark County housing problems seen as drag on public health (Las Vegas Review Journal)
- Massachusetts General's 3-
step approach that cut readmission risk for substance use disorders by 25% (Advisory Board) - Certificate of Need is necessary to protect Georgia patients (Marietta Daily Journal)
- Related: This is the year to finally reform Certificate of Need (Calhoun Times)
- Bills would help modernize Maryland certificate of need process (Daily Record)
- Colorado hospitals deny shifting more costs to commercial insurers (Beckers)
- Flexibility On Nursing Home Beds Gains Ground In South Dakota Legislature (KeloMedia)
- What Happens to Homeless Patients When They Are Discharged From the Hospital? (Pacific Standard)
- Medicare Trims Payments To 800 Hospitals, Citing Patient Safety Incidents (KHN)
- Over half of home health care clinicians say they lack adequate information from hospitals (MedExpress)
- COMMENTARY: Certificates of Public Need protect health care safety net (Fredericksburg Free Lance Star)
- Health information exchange participation reduced readmissions in heart attack patients, study finds (HealthCareDive)
- Attorney general files legal action against UPMC, saying hospital system has strayed from charitable mission (Pittsburgh Post-
Gazette)