Many healthcare providers and payers are moving forward with patient-centered medical homes to improve primary care and care coordination and reduce costs, despite mixed research evidence of the cost-effectiveness of this major delivery system reform.
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The rollout of the health insurance exchanges last week revealed a reality never mentioned by the Republicans on Capitol Hill who shut down the U.S. government.
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Full-service hospital operators long have viewed specialty providers with suspicion. But they increasingly are adopting the philosophy of, “If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.”
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The partisan split over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act at the center of the budget impasse that shut down the federal government last week reflects sharp divisions in the public's view of the law.
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A bipartisan House measure to repeal the 2.3% medical device excise tax that helps fund the healthcare reform law has been floated as a compromise to end the federal government shutdown. Reps. Charlie Dent (R-Pa.) and Ron Kind (D-Wis.) were leading a...
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Many healthcare providers and payers are moving forward with patient-centered medical homes to improve primary care and care coordination and reduce costs, despite mixed research evidence of the cost-effectiveness of this major delivery system reform.
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After a glitch-plagued first week of enrollment on the state and federally run insurance exchanges, many observers are wondering whether more technical problems are still to come and whether consumers will keep doggedly trying to sign up for coverage.
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Many healthcare providers and community organizations across the country that have been designated as certified application counselors to help consumers enroll in health plans on the new state health insurance exchanges were still waiting last week for...
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Hospital systems seem to be doing better than expected in rate negotiations with insurers offering plans on the state insurance exchanges in 2014. Analysts and hospital executives interviewed by Modern Healthcare say hospitals will be paid nearly the same...
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The Obama administration's recent approval of Arkansas' alternative plan to expand healthcare coverage for low-income residents under the federal healthcare reform law bodes well for several Republican-led states looking to implement their own alternative...
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The market for drug therapies for rare diseases is becoming increasingly crowded with expensive new products, a Modern Healthcare review of FDA approval and company pricing data shows.
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After eight years of fierce legal confrontation with the federal government, board members at Tuomey Healthcare System in Sumter, S.C., lack a permanent CEO, owe on junk-status bonds and face the highest penalties levied against a community hospital in a...
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Now that Tenet Healthcare Corp. has completed its $1.8 billion acquisition of Vanguard Health Systems, investors and peers will watch how the company capitalizes on healthcare...
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The battle continues between drugmakers and healthcare providers over the breadth of the federal 340B drug discount program, which assists providers serving indigent and uninsured patients.
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Dr. Farzad Mostashari served more than two years as the health IT czar during health IT's busiest time. In an interview before leaving the post, he shares his thoughts with reporter Joseph Conn.
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Full-service hospital operators long have viewed specialty providers with suspicion. But they increasingly are adopting the philosophy of, “If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.”
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DALLAS—The biggest not-for-profit healthcare player in Texas is now Baylor Scott & White Health, a system formed last week when Baylor Health Care System and Scott & White Healthcare consummated a long-planned merger. The organization has 43...
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NEWARK, N.J.—WellCare Health Plans has an agreement to buy some assets of Healthfirst Health Plan of New Jersey (known as Healthfirst NJ) as the company enters the Medicaid managed-care market in the...
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The newly branded Mount Sinai Health System must set about the delicate work of consolidating the operations of two of New York City's largest hospitals.
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SEATTLE—Anthony “Tony” Armada is leaving Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in suburban Chicago to become CEO on Nov. 1 of Swedish Health Services, the largest health system in Seattle. Armada, 53, has been president of Advocate Health's Park Ridge, Ill., teaching hospital...
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The rollout of the health insurance exchanges last week revealed a reality never mentioned by the Republicans on Capitol Hill who shut down the U.S. government.
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According to a recent National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, there are about 1 billion patient office visits in the U.S. annually. This is the number of opportunities medical practice executives have to make a difference in a patient's experience and perspective on healthcare delivery.
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Regarding the story "Most federally run exchanges will offer more plans, lower premiums than expected, HHS report shows" (ModernHealthcare.com, Sept. 25), I find it amazing that you reported what HHS said with no...
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A list of the nation's 20 largest medical group practices, ranked by total number of full-time-equivalent physicians, based on American Medical Group Association data. Source: AMGA. Published October 7, 2013, p. 34.
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Dr. Patrick Conway was named deputy administrator for innovation and quality at the CMS and director of the CMS Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. Conway served in the director position on an interim basis after the departure of Dr. Richard Gilfillan. Conway, who joined the...
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“They've shut down the government over an ideological crusade to deny affordable health insurance to millions of Americans.”—President Barack Obama
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Andrew Michail, a 20-year-old pre-med student at Wayne State University, wanted to make a difference in the lives of low-income patients whom he helped during volunteer stints at medical clinics in Detroit.
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Last week's government shutdown shuttered national parks and furloughed more than 800,000 federal workers. But Outliers was left wondering, what about the federal mice? And don't forget the federal rats.
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If last week's government shutdown left you nauseated, Outliers hopes you were in Pittsburgh. The Steel City had the distinct honor of hosting the first ever international vomiting conference. Of if you want to be formal, “Biology and Control of Nausea and Vomiting 2013.”
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