News Articles and Studies

News Articles

Studies & Reports

• 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!)  

• 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)

• History of Mental Health Distress May Elevate Stroke Risk (GoodTherapy)

• 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)

• Mayor Condon unveils new "Spokane Ride to Care" service (CBS-KREM2)

• 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)

• Most Long-Term Care Insurance Claims Are for Home Care (Think Advisor)

• Pennsylvania  puts nursing homes on notice about increased fines (Aging Edge)

• More than 65,000 providers are cut from Medicaid rolls in 15 states (Modern Healthcare)

• Solving The Rural Health Care Access Crisis With The Freestanding Emergency Center Care Model (Health Affairs) MedPac Report on Medicare System