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- Tool Helps Hospitals Plan for Critical Care Surges During COVID-
19 (RevCycle)
- RAND Critical Care Surge Response Tool
- Related: Stanford Potential Long-
Term Intervention Strategies for COVID
- 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) - 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
- Annual Update of the National Health Security Preparedness Index: Preparedness Index assesses all 50 states & District of Columbia for health security and preparedness
- 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
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- 2021 CPT code set released (AMA)
- Connecticut hospital COVID-
19 cases tied to nursing home outbreak (Beckers) - New Aetna Health Plan Leverages CVS HealthHUBs, the narrow network health plan will incorporate lower cost sites of care (HealthPayer)HHS Plan to Improve Rural Health Focuses on Better Broadband, Telehealth Services (KHN)
- Five Ways COVID-
19 is Impacting Revenue Cycle Operations at Health Systems and Hospitals, According to Survey (PR Newswire)Association of COVID- 19- Related Hospital Use and Overall COVID- 19 Mortality in the USA (Journal of General Internal Medicine) - AHA urges HHS to make telehealth rollbacks permanent (HealthCareDive)
- Cleveland Clinic, Aetna launch co-
branded insurance plan, expand members’ access to second opinions and cardiac care (Cleveland.com) - Even with Relief Packages,Hospital Operating Margins Still Down Since Start of 2020 (HealthLeaders)
- Many COVID-
19 cost- sharing waivers set to expire by October (HealthCare)
- Brief:Cost-
Sharing Waivers and Premium Relief by Private Plans in Response to COVID- 19 (Peterson- KFF)
- HCA the largest U.S. hospital owner accused in lawsuit of endangering staff during coronavirus pandemic (CNBC)
- Data Reveals Disparities in COVID-
19 Hospitalization Rates (HealthIT)Primary care physicians paid global capitation payments hit key quality metrics at higher rates that those paid via fee- for- service, according to UnitedHealth Group (RevCycle) - Sentara Healthcare, Cone Health Announce Value-
Based Care Merger (HealthPayer) - Consolidation Of Providers Into Health Systems Increased Substantially, 2016–18 (HealthAffairs)
- As the Pandemic Struck, a Private-
Equity Firm Went on a Nursing- Home Buying Spree (Barron’s) - 340B Hospitals Lose Court Challenge to OPPS Rate Cut (AAMC)
- A routine ECG enhanced by artificial intelligence is better at identifying heart failure than a standard blood test (Health Analytics)
- Study: Evaluating dyspnea in the ED
- Government [Feds] moves to block Geisinger’s partial acquisition of Lewisburg-
area hospital (PennLive) - OIG: Mediare Overpaid Hospitals $267M for Post-
Acute care Transfers to Home Health (Health Leaders) - Emergency Department visits plunged as COVID-
19 cases climbed, Yale study finds (Eureka!) - CMS finalized 2021 Medicare payment rates for inpatient psychiatric facilities and hospices in addition to the $750M boost in skilled nursing facility reimbursement (RevCycle)
- Psychiatric visits to the emergency room rise despite the ACA (MedExpress)Study Using TriNetX Real-
World Data Finds Cancer Screenings Fell 89% During COVID- 19 (Newswire) - HHS Extends Public Health Emergency (Revcycle)
- Early Impact Of CMS Expansion Of Medicare Telehealth During COVID-
19 (Health Affairs) - An Early Look at 2021 Premium Changes on ACA Exchanges and the Impact of COVID-
19 on Rates (KFF) - UVA pioneers study of genetic diseases with quantum computers (Newswise)
- Half of Hospitals to Operate in the Red By Year’s End (FierceHealth)
- Study identifies patient-
and hospital- level risk factors for death in critically ill COVID- 19 patients (MedicalExpress) - COVID-
19 Test Prices and Payment Policy (Health Systems Tracker) - Data Reveals Chronic Disease Burden Among Individuals with HIV (HealthAnalytics)
- Association Between Federal Value-
Based Incentive Programs and Health Care–Associated Infection Rates in Safety- Net and Non–Safety- Net Hospitals (JAMA Network) - Hospitalization for acute heart failure: the in-
hospital care pathway predicts one- year readmission (Nature/Scientific Reports) - Will the COVID-
19 pandemic leave a mental health crisis in its wake? (Medical Express) - Cost of preventable adult hospital stays topped $33 billion in 2017 (The Hospitalist)
- HCUP Statistical Brief #59, June 2020: Characteristics and Costs of Potentially Preventable Inpatient Stays, 2017 (HCUP)
- Nursing Homes & Covid-
19
- Virus toll unknown in nation’s nursing homes (Daily Item)
- NY count: 6,300 Covid virus patients were sent to nursing homes (Boston Herald/ AP)
- Advocates Seek Better COVID-
19 Protections For Nursing Home Residents (WFPL) - Overwhelmed nursing homes kept taking new patients. Some got sick and died (Union Bulletin)
- Hollowed-
Out Public Health System Faces More Cuts Amid Virus (KHN)
- COVID-
19's financial impact on hospitals in Ohio is $3.3 billion to date, state hospital association says (Crains) - Preterm Birth Ups Mom's Long-
Term Heart Disease Risk: Study (US News/Health Day) - Coronavirus Live Updates: 54,000 Deaths in the U.S. Are Linked to Nursing Homes (NYT)
- AHA urges CMS to keep relaxed regulations beyond crisis (HealthDive)
- Prior Authorization Burden Continues to Rise, Physicians Report (RevCycle)
- AMA Survey Summary (AMA)
- Court Upholds CMS’ Hospital Price Transparency Final Rule (HealthLeaders)
- Memorandum Opinion (US Courts.Gov)
- An Early Look at the Potential Implications of the COVID-
19 Pandemic for Health Insurance Coverage (Commonwealth Fund)Telehealth May Help Payers Control Uncertain Healthcare Spending (HealthPayer) - Priority Health and Cigna (NYSE: CI) today announced they have formed a Strategic Alliance (Cigna)
- Related: Highmark Inc. and HealthNow New York Inc. Announce Affiliation Agreement (Highmark)
- Data Analytics Dashboard Shows Greatest Risk Factors for COVID-
19 (HealthAnalytics) - Hospital bed capacity helps states measure COVID-
19 spread. Here’s why it matters (Charlotte Observer) - NIH effort expands data collection to shed light on pandemic’s spread and impact (NIH)
- Private Payers Face More Medicaid Competition on ACA Marketplaces (Health Payer)
- The average number of physician assistants and other non-
physician providers in ACOs rose from 47 to 245 clinicians from 2013- 18, a larger increase compared to PCPs and specialists (RevCycle) - Evaluating Data Types: A Guide for Decision Makers using Data to Understand the Extent and Spread of COVID-
19 (National Academies Press) - When A Doctor No Longer Accepts Medicare, Patients Left Holding The Bag (KHN)
- Hospitals filling up, encountering a new kind of coronavirus patient (Sun Sentinel)
- Centenarian study suggests living environment may be key to longevity (Science Daily)
- Exciting' Results in Rare Type of Breast Cancer (Medscape)
- National Trends in the Safety Performance of Electronic Health Record Systems From 2009 to 2018 (JAMA Network)
- DOJ & State AGS Sue to Block Anthems’s Acquisition of CIGNA, AETNA’S Acquisition of HUMANA (justice.gov)
- Related: DOJ sues Cigna, alleging $1.4B in Medicare Advantage fraud (HealthCareDive)
- The COVID-
19 Downturn Triggers Jump in Medicaid Enrollment (KHN) - The Only Hospital in Town Was Failing. They Promised to Help but Only Made It Worse (ProPublica)
- BCBS Companies Hold Almost 50% of Market Share on ACA Marketplaces (HealthPayer)
- Hospital outpatient volume recovering quicker than ED, inpatient: TransUnion (Beckers)
- For Each Day’s Delay in Social Distancing, a COVID-
19 Outbreak Lasts Days Longer (UnivTexasAustinNews)Artificial Intelligence Could Speed COVID- 19 Detection, Treatment (HealthAnalytics)
- Report Summary: How Might AI and Chest Imaging Help Unravel COVID-
19’s Mysteries? (RSNA)
- CIDRAP -
Viewpoint Series on Covid:
- Part 1: The future of the COVID-
19 pandemic: lessons learned from pandemic influenza (University of Minnesota, CIDRAP) - Part 2: Effective COVID-
19 Crisis Communication (University of Minnesota, CIDRAP) - Part 3: Smart Testing for COVID-
19 Virus and Antibodies (University of Minnesota, CIDRAP) - Part 4: Contact tracing for COVID-
19: Assessing needs, using a tailored approach (University of Minnesota, CIDRAP)
- Appeals Court Nixes Fraud Case Against Baylor Scott & White Health (RevCycle)
- Key Issues Related to COBRA Subsidies (KFF)
- Newly Released Data Show Heavy Virus Toll at Nursing Homes (USNews)
- State-
by- state breakdown of adjusted hospital expenses per inpatient day for 2018 (Beckers)
- Related Kaiser Health Facts: Hospital Adjusted Expenses per Inpatient Day by Ownership (KFF)
- Opinion: NM Health care bill would expand coverage but may not save as much money (SantaFeNewMexican)Philly Hospital Fights Bid To Quash Subpoena In Merger Case (Law360)
- Covid-
19 is damaging the health care system, but it's devastating primary care (Buffalo News) - Hospital Margins Plummeted 174% in April (HealthLeaders)
- Infection Control Deficiencies Were Widespread and Persistent in Nursing Homes Prior to COVID-
19 Pandemic - (GAO) Full Report (PDF) What is a National Patient Identifier and Why is It Important? (EHR Intelligence)
- Cleveland Clinic develops risk calculator to predict COVID-
19 test results: 5 details (Beckers) - Adventist HealthCare Fort Washington Medical Center First Hospital to Unveil STAAT Mod™ – New Prefabricated ICU Inpatient Wing to Care for COVID-
19 and Critical Patients (Businesswire) - Major Boston hospital finds dramatic drop in stroke, heart attack, and cancer patients during coronavirus pandemic (Boston Globe)
- Heart Attack Cases at ERs Fall by Half – Are COVID Fears to Blame? (USNews/HealthDay)
- SCAI issues position statement on the performance of percutaneous coronary intervention in ambulatory surgical centers (Eureka!)
- Telehealth use jumps at inpatient settings (HealthDive)
- State demands more detail in plan to close inpatient beds at Providence Behavioral Health Hospital in Holyoke (MassLive)
- FAIR Health Analysis: COVID-
19 Hits Health System Revenues Harder in Northeast (AJMC) - A New Report Confirms Significant Benefits in Patient Reported Outcomes at One Year Following the Non-
Surgical Zephyr Valve Procedure for COPD/Emphysema (Businesswire)
- ATS Report Effect of Zephyr Endobronchial Valves on Dyspnea, Activity Levels and Quality of Life at One Year(ATS Journals)
- Report looks to improve quality measures for medical care of homebound older adults (MedExpress)
- Honing Chemo Use in Small Breast Tumors (Medpage)
- Opinion: The Coronavirus Is Killing Too Many Nursing Home Residents (NYT)
- AHIP Releases COVID-
19 Priorities as States Consider Re- Opening (HealthPayer) - Artificial Intelligence Can Track Aneurysm, Boost Patient Care (HealthIT)
- The COVID-
19 Pandemic And Rural Hospitals—Adding Insult To Injury (HealthAffairs)
- Related: 2020 Rural Hospital Sustainability Index (Guidehouse)
- Balancing health privacy, health information exchange, and research in the context of the COVID-
19 pandemic (JAMIA) - Manual processes and a lack of alignment with consumer expectations may be creating patient collections delays for a majority of providers, a new survey suggests (RevCycle)
- Survey: Physician Practice Patterns Changing As A Result Of COVID-
19 (PRNewswire) - Predictive Analytics Identifies Patients at Risk of Pancreatic Cancer (HealthIT)
- EHR Tools Flag High-
Risk Patients, Detect Undiagnosed Dementia (EHRIntel) - Coronavirus Patients Caught In Conflict Between Hospital And Nursing Homes (KHN)
- How Much More Than Medicare Do Private Insurers Pay? A Review of the Literature (KFF)
- US Court of Appeals upholds Iowa certificate-
of- need law (Beckers) - CDC plans to roll out app in May to speed up COVID-
19 case reporting (FierceHealth) Related: eCR Now for COVID- 19 Reporting - Hundreds of nursing homes with cases of coronavirus have violated federal infection-
control rules in recent years (Washington Post) Related:
- COVID-
19 Shows Gaps in Controls at Nursing Homes (WebMD) - Arkansas nursing homes struggle to keep covid-
19 at bay (Arkansas Democrat Gazette) - Lawsuits over COVID-
19 handling in nursing homes raise questions about standard of care (Canadian Press) - Hundreds of nursing homes with cases of coronavirus have violated infection control rules (Anchorage Daily)
- Kentucky nursing homes failed at basic infection control for years. Then COVID-
19 hit (Lexington Herald) - In Virginia, 77% of nursing homes recently had infection control problems. Then came the coronavirus (Virginian Pilot)
- State [Connecticut] nursing homes have COVID-
19 infection rates of as high as 61% (Connecticut Mirror)
- 2.3% Medicare Payment Hike Planned for Skilled Nursing Facilities (RevCycle)
- Related: Federal Register Medicare Program;
- Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities; Updates to the Value-
Based Purchasing Program for Federal Fiscal Year 2021 - Majority of commercial patients may receive surprise bill following ambulance ride (HealthcareDive)
- Medicare Advantage Plans Target Social Isolation In New Programs (HealthPayer)
- CMS eases requirements for transferring non-
COVID- 19 infected patients (Modern Healthcare) - ERs have been quiet during COVID-
19. What happens when the patients come back? (FierceHealth) - Medicare Data Reveal Wide Variety Across Regions Of COVID-
19 Fatality Risk (HealthAffairs) - 2021 Medicare Advantage and Part D Rate Announcement Fact Sheet (CMS)
- Healthcare Reimbursement Still Largely Fee-
for- Service Driven (RevCycle) - AHA seeks $25K per hospital bed from emergency relief fund (Beckers)
- New Biomarker Could Help Detect Alzheimer’s Disease Earlier (HealthIT)
- FAQs on Medicare Coverage and Costs Related to COVID-
19 Testing and Treatment (KFF) - PwC’s COVID-
19 CFO Pulse Survey (PriceWaterhouse) - Lung Cancer Screening Confirmed to Save Lives (MedPage)
- DOJ Sues Anthem Over Medicare Advantage Fraud (HealthLeaders)
- Related: DOJ says Anthem knowingly submitted inaccurate Medicare Advantage information (MSN)
- 34 States Granted Medicaid 1135 Waivers (Healthleaders)
- Related: Waiver or not, here I come (Guest Column McKnightsHospital Beds Will Be in Greatest Demand by Mid-
April (USNews)
- Related: IHME Forecasting COVID-
19 impact on hospital bed- days, ICU- days, ventilator days and deaths by US state in the next 4 months (IHME)
- Coronavirus limbo: Seniors need to leave hospitals but some nursing homes won’t let them return (Washington Post)
- South Florida hospitals face biggest financial challenge in a generation (Sun Sentinel)
- ICU Bed Capacity Varies Widely Nationwide (NPR/KCUR)
- Planning elective surgery? Think again amid coronavirus outbreak (CBS)
- NJ suspends elective surgeries, invasive procedures (NJBiz)
- Coronavirus in Tennessee: Gov. Lee issues executive order for PPE donations, closes outpatient surgery centers (WATE)
- Gov. Northam orders elective surgeries postponed with 391 confirmed COVID-
19 cases in Virginia (MSN/WHSV)
- 10 Percent of U.S. Sites Report Worse than Expected Outcomes for Minimally Invasive Valve Procedure (PennMedicine News)
- How Can Medicaid Enhance State Response to COVID-
19 (KFF Brief) - Are Hospitals Near Me Ready for Coronavirus? Here Are Nine Different Scenarios (ProPublica). Note: the default is for the Santa Cruz Hospital Referral Region [Dartmouth]. Enter your own area to adjust the charts to show localized data.
- Related: These Places Could Run Out of Hospital Beds as Coronavirus Spreads (NYT)
- Evaluating The ACA’s Delivery System Reforms (Health Affairs)
- How Well Does Your Nursing Home Fight Infections? Look It Up Here (KHN)
- In Elderly Surgical Patients, Look for These Risk Factors for Early Mortality: May affect post-
discharge care (MedPage) - Tests for prostate cancer 'fingerprint' in blood could improve care (UPI/HealthDayNews)
- Kidney injury after hip replacement linked to increased complications (Healio)
- More than 60% of the US' coronavirus deaths are linked to a Washington nursing home. Here's what we know about the outbreak there (MSN)
- FTC sues to block Philadelphia hospital system merger (Axios)
- Inpatient Hospital Time Higher for Older Dialysis Patients (MedPage)Hospitals Maintained Margin Performance in 2019 in the Face of Rising Expenses, Says Kaufman Hall Report (Cision)
- Michigan Senate clears Certificate of Need changes (Iosco News Herald)
- Related: Split Michigan Senate OKs changes to regulation of hospitals (Seattlepi)
- Bill passed by W.Va. delegates could make Certificates of Need transferable (TimesWV)Florida Lawmakers propose stiffer nursing home inspection requirements but still seek more leeway for regulators (Naples Daily)
- Office of Health Strategy launches guidebook to explain Certificate of Need process (Journal Inquirer); Related: CT CON Guidebook (pdf)
- Housing advocacy group and developer sue Simi Valley over denial of senior community with assisted lving and memory care units (VC Star)
- Assessing National Trends and Disparities in Ambulatory, Emergency Department, and Inpatient Visits for IBD in the U.S. 2005–2016 (Medscaspe)
- Questioning the Effect of Recent Wage Changes [Medicaid] on NJ Nursing Homes (NJ Spotlight)
- Frequent Inpatient Consults Up Care, Cost but Not Outcomes (Medscape)
- No more 'heads in beds': Outpatient visits outpace inpatient, Deloitte finds (Beckers)
- Related: The gap between inpatient and hospital outpatient revenue narrowed, with outpatient dollars accounting for nearly half of total hospital revenue by 2018, a new report shows (RevCycle)
- Outpatient Visits to Hospitals Decline Year-
to- Year for First Time in 35 Years, Affecting Clinical Laboratories and Other In- hospital Services (DarkDaily) - What Providers Need to Know About COVID-
19 Coding (RevCycle) - Poor Outcomes [Covid-
19] Linked to Health Disparities (AANP) - State grants certificate of need for new psychiatric hospital in West Knoxville (wbir)
- Study: Nursing homes have more hospital admissions, resident diversity since passage of OBRA ‘87 (McKnghts)
- Mercy Hospital Owners Exploring Options To ‘Transition Campus’ In Order To Keep Hospital Viable (MSN/CBS Philly)
- Related: City notified about potential closing of West Philly Mercy Hospital’s inpatient facility (WHYY)Psychiatric hospital rejected 3 years ago still wants to add Portland-
area inpatient beds. Deep in ‘crisis,’ Unity says there’s no need. (OregonLive) - NJ Legislators Call on [Govenor] Murphy to Intervene in Effort to Save Local Hospitals (Tapinot Bayonne)
- New model may help predict stroke risk in adults with migraine and aura (Newsroom)
- One in five operations may lead to surprise bills, even when surgeon and hospital are in-
network (MedExpress) - Kentucky Hospital Association asks to join lawsuit defending certificate of need law (Beckers)
- Study:Hospital Use Declines After Implementation Of Virginia Medicaid’s Addiction And Recovery Treatment Services (Health Affairs)
- Implementing a consistent hospital compliance program is key to cultivating a culture of compliance that minimizes revenue risks, so providers can focus on high-
value care (RevCycle) - National identifier not a 'panacea' for patient-
matching, experts say (ModernHealthcare) - Rural Health Disparities Linked to Socioeconomic Status, Care Access (Health Analytics)
- When Site-
Of- Service Policy And Payment Reforms Converge: The Case Of Joint Replacement Surgery (Health Affairs) - Why the New U.S. Maternal Mortality Rate Is Important (USNews)
- NEJM: transcatheter aortic valve replacement shows similar safety outcomes as open-
heart surgery (EurekaAlert)
- Preeminent Hospitals Penalized Over Rates Of Patients’ Injuries (KaiserHealthNews)
- Study finds association between therapy time, length of stay after hip fracture surgery (MedExpress)
- Colorado Healthcare Costs Keep Climbing Due to Hospital Cost-
Shifting (RevCycle) - Maryland Hospital Association Issues Comment on Medicare Program: Modernizing, Clarifying Physician Self-
Referral Regulations (Insurance Net) - Forced rate disclosure goes too far, insurers and hospitals argue (Modern Healthcare)
- Commentary: Nursing homes grapple with sick residents, insufficient budgets (TimesUnion)
- Preventable hospital death estimates are too high, study finds (Beckers)
- Florida Hospital Association launches price transparency initiative (FloridaPolitics)
- Details Sparse on [Governor] Murphy’s Office of Health Care Affordability and Transparency (NJ Spotlight)
- Rising inpatient acuity may not mean patients are sicker, Mass. commission finds (ModernHealthcare)
- Patients Want A 'Good Death' At Home, But Hospice Care Can Badly Strain Families (KHN)
- Epic Systems, a major medical records vendor, is warning customers it will stop working with Google Cloud (CNBC)
- [West Virginia]House debates Certificate of Need bill (Weirton Daily)
- The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) is recommending that NIH dramatically revise its data sharing and management proposal to maximize the value of scientific data (HealthIT)
- EHR Data, Claims Data Can Successfully Predict Hospitalizations (RevCycle)
- Florida Legislature eyes more certificate of need' changes for care facilities (Tampa Business Journal)
- Proposed certificate of need' changes questioned at Michigan Senate panel hearing (Crains)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 readmissions, mortality (Healio)
- 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)