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- 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
- Study:Trends in Use of Medical Imaging in US Health Care Systems and in Ontario, Canada, 2000-
2016 (JAMA) - Related: Clinician-
Level Predictors for Ordering Low- Value Imaging - Study: Cooling The Hot Spots Where Child Hospitalization Rates Are High: A Neighborhood Approach To Population Health (Health Affairs)
- Resource Utilization Low Among Patients With First-
Episode Schizophrenia (Psychiatry Advisor)
- 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)
- 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)
- Teaching Hospitals Aren’t More Expensive Than Non-
Teaching Peers (RevCycle)
- 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
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- Payer mix, patient volumes contributed to Astria Regional's financial issues (Yakima Herald)
- Opt-
In Consent Policies: Potential Barriers to Hospital Health Information Exchange (AJMC) - Minnesota law gives green light to safety surveillance cameras in senior homes (Star Tribune)To Stop Now Would Be Foolish': Doubling Down On Services For High-
Cost Patients (NPR)
- AHA, AAMC Sue HHS Again Over Outpatient Site-
Neutral Payments (RevCycle)
- The 2010s have proved to be an important decade for healthcare innovation and reforms. Here are the top trends that defined the time (EHRIntelligence)
- Izard County's sole hospital and its parent company have filed for bankruptcy, according to court documents submitted on Tuesday (Arkansas Gazette)Washington [state] health department seeks greater power to regulate private psychiatric hospitals (Seattle Times)Medicine (Beckers)
- Related: Hospital acquisitions had little impact on quality of care although performance on patient experience measures declined modestly, Harvard researchers found (RevCycle)
- Study Abstract: Changes in Quality of Care after Hospital Mergers and Acquisitions (NEJM [subscription for full ])
- Opinion: Connecticut’s Hospital agreement is a road map for funding community nonprofits (CT Mirror)
- A population health management program developed for children enrolled in Medicaid helped reduce hospital admissions and bed-
days (Health Analytics)
- Study: Association of a Targeted Population Health Management Intervention with Hospital Admissions and Bed-
Days for Medicaid- Enrolled Children (JAMA Network)
- The House of Representatives is working to outline future legislation to build on the 21st Century Cures Act, dubbing the effort Cures 2.0 (EHRIntelligence)
- AHIP Rejects Single-
Payer Proposals, Upholds Current System (Health Payer) - First randomized controlled trial of home hospital model in the US reports improvements in outcomes meaningful to health systems and patients -
- sets stage for transformation of acute care delivery (EurekaAlert) - Bad debt could rise at Oregon hospitals in line with national prediction (Portland Business Journal)
- 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)
- Nursing homes challenged by margins, occupancy rates (The Lowell Sun)
- Multipayer Primary Care Transformation: Impact for Medicaid Managed Care Beneficiaries (AJMC)
- Share of spending on primary care declines among employer-
insured patients (Helio) - Why United Healthcare's ASC-
friendly policy could benefit anesthesia practices (Beckers) - Researchers estimate that privately insured patients would see their annual physician payments fall by 13.4% if specialists were not allowed to bill out-
of- network (HealthLeaders)
- Study: Out-
Of- Network Billing And Negotiated Payments For Hospital- Based Physicians (Health Affairs)
- Five-
year mortality up in older adults with unplanned [hospital] admission (MedExpress) - Audit finds problems in [Georgia] program that sent $60M to rural hospitals (Atlanta Journal)
- Mayo Clinic Health System closes two more facilities, blames rural health care crisis (Northfield News)
- Preventing inpatient falls with injuries using integrative machine learning prediction: a cohort study (Nature:NPJ Digital Medicine)
- Vt. Gov. Scott: State of Vermont Amends Medicaid Waiver (InsuranceNews)
- 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)
- Fact Sheet: Federal Health Insurance Exchange 2020 (CMS)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 (HealthLeeaders)
- Retrospective study suggests ED physicians improving both outcomes and efficiency of care (MedExpress)
- 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:
- Home Health Providers Skimping on Therapy Will Likely Pay Steep Price (HomeHealthNews)
- Humana files suit against generic drug makers, alleges price fixing (FierceHealth)
- Routine flu vaccination for adults hospitalized with pneumonia can reduce readmissions, mortality (Healio)
- Report on the Independent Dispute Resolution Process: New York’s Surprise Out-
Of- Network Bill Protection Law (PDF Report from NY Department of Financial Services) - UHC Medicare Plan Suspended for Failing to Meet Medical Loss Ratio (HealthPayer)
- Survey: 17% of health execs unaware of 21st Century Cures Act rules (HealthData)
- Trends in Medicare Payment Rates for Noninvasive Cardiac Tests and Association With Testing Location (JAMA)
- New tool aims to remove the mystery of health care costs at Connecticut hospitals (Hartford Courant)
- Related: Price tag for health,Which area hospitals offer most affordable, expensive procedures (Journal Inquirer) A CMS proposal seeks to modernize the Stark Law by adding new, permanent exceptions for providers participating in value-
based care models (RevCycle) - State’s [NJ] Hybrid Health Insurance Exchange Ready to Launch (NJ Spotlight)
- At least three Chicago-
area hospitals have told ambulances to go elsewhere so often the state launched an investigation (Chicago Tribune) - The health insurance tax, mandated in the Affordable Care Act, will be back in effect in 2020 and is set to generate $15.5 billion in taxes due to CMS’s new 2020 payment rule. (HealthPayer)
- Small Wisconsin hospitals cope amid a statewide rural health crisis (Wisconsin State Journal)
- Editorial: Nursing home closures hurt rural Nebraska in several ways (Lincoln Journal Star)
- Spine surgery utilization, cost in the US: 5 key findings (Beckers)
- Rural Hospital Closures Boost Mortality Rates by Nearly 6% (RevCycle)
- Study: Did Medicare Advantage Payment Cuts Affect Beneficiary Access and Affordability? (AJMC)
- Data Analytic Strategies Decreasing Patient Time in Urgent Care (HealthIT)
- GA Task Force to Examine Healthcare Costs, Price Transparency (RevCycle)
- United Health study: Hospital inpatient spending from commercial plans tops $200B in 2018 (Fierce Health)
- Study: Improving Access to High-
Value Care Lowers Costs, Improves Health (AHIP) - CMS releases final rule to reduce administrative burden, including change on transplant centers (FierceHealth)
- Patients pay more to see hospital-
owned physician practices (Benefits Pro) - The Real Surprise Behind Surprise Hospital Billing (Forbes)
- Hospital market concentration on the rise, along with prices (HealthDive)
- UVA Has Ruined Us: Health System Sues Thousands Of Patients, Seizing Paychecks And Claiming Homes (KHN)
- American Hospital Association Comments Submitted on CMS Healthcare Price Transparency Proposal [CMS-
1717- P] (AHA) - Providers should implement comprehensive compliance programs and improve medical billing processes to detect and prevent healthcare fraud and abuse (RevCycle)
- CMS Announces New Enforcement Authorities to Reduce Criminal Behavior in Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP (CMS.gov)
- CVS Health-
Aetna Merger Sealed, WellCare Takes Aetna’s Part D PDP (HealthPayer) - Lessons From the Field: How Practices Are Succeeding Under Oncology Care Model (AJMC)
- Doctor-
device maker relationships ripe for fraud litigation (Crain’s) - For many in Western Pa., UPMC-
Highmark deal doesn’t end questions, frustration (TribLive) - 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) - 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 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)
- 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)
- 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: Pennsylvania issues cease and desist letter for closure of Hahnemann Hospital (PhillyVoice)
- What Happens To Patients If Louisville’s Jewish Hospital Closes? (WFPL)
- Lack Of Funding Prevents Oversight (WESA)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)