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Nursing home operator gets 20-year sentence in $1B healthcare fraud case
The government used advanced data analysis and forensic accounting to uncover the full scope of the Miami-area scheme that bilked Medicare and Medicaid.
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Most nations grappling with increased healthcare cost trends
The world's most expensive healthcare is in the United States. However, other countries are also struggling with medical costs and inflation.
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Employers urged to get off sidelines to trim healthcare costs
"Healthcare is not their day job. They build ships. They stock groceries," the CEO of the Pacific Business Group on Health said. "But as costs go up, they're the ones paying it."
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Patient use of digital health tools lags behind hype, poll finds
Though a majority of those surveyed by the Kaiser Family Foundation said they use apps or similar tools to track fitness, nutrition and sleep, only 44% have accessed their medical records online.
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Health companies still struggle with tech infrastructure, survey finds
Nurses have seen the biggest increase over time in smartphone usage, with 79% reporting they were allowed to use the devices this year versus 53% in 2011, according to a report from Spok.
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Insurers to deliver whopping $1.3B in ACA consumer rebates
The record amount revealed in a Kaiser Family Foundation analysis reflects how profitable payers were over the past few years, largely fueled by plans in the individual market.
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Without much choice on ACA exchanges, will star ratings matter?
The plan rankings are coming Nov. 1, but large swaths of the country have few carriers to choose from, raising questions about the usefulness of a rankings system.
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In blow to Amazon's PillPack, Surescripts terminates contract with data startup
The move is the latest in ongoing tensions between the e-commerce giant and CVS, which, along with pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts and two trade groups, owns Surescripts.
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Uninsured rate rises for 1st time since ACA
The percentage of people with public coverage fell by 0.4 percentage points between 2017 and 2018 while the percentage of Americans with private coverage did not change, according to the the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Many people head to ER for quick care, poll finds
Baby boomers are less likely than their younger counterparts to head to the costlier site of care for non-emergency conditions.
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Apple to start trio of research studies on hearing, heart and women's health
The studies, which will be organized through a new Apple Research app this fall, are being conducted in partnership with various universities, hospitals, associations and the government.
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Mayo Clinic, Google announce 10-year cloud data partnership
The provider hopes to leverage the tech giant's artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities to advance its digital diagnostics.
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Medicare would negotiate prices for 250 drugs under House Democrats' plan
Speaker Nancy Pelosi's proposal also finds common ground with the president in pegging U.S. prices to an international index.
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CHS hospital fined $85K in first HIPAA right of access case
The Office of Civil Rights began looking into the Florida hospital following a complaint from a woman seeking prenatal health records for her child.
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Back in session, Congress faces industry pushback on surprise billing
Intense lobbying by industry has taken its toll on the potential for a fix, once viewed as a promising field of action with bipartisan backing and even mention from President Donald Trump.
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Latest Civica Rx pact aims to alleviate shortage of emergency medicine
The coalition of providers led by Intermountain inked a deal for Exela to supply sodium bicarbonate to member hospitals.
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Low-margin rural hospitals far from next ER
Texas, New Mexico and Kansas had the most struggling rural hospitals, an analysis by the Center for American Progress found.
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Telemedicine CEO pleads guilty in $424M Medicare kickback scheme
The exec admitted to seeking and getting bribes from patient recruiters, pharmacies and brace suppliers in return for arranging for doctors to order medically unnecessary orthotic braces.
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Medicaid expansion resulted in more ER visits, study finds
New Medicaid patients in states that expanded the program under the Affordable Care Act increased hospital visits on average by about 20%, according to new research from the Brookings Institution.
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MD Anderson official emerges as top choice to run FDA, reports say
Nominating Stephen Hahn, an oncologist and chief medical executive at the Texas cancer center, would be a change of course from acting agency head Ned Sharpless.
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Kaiser to reveal detailed financials under newly signed California bill
As a not-for-profit operator, the giant health system previously was exempt from many of the state's reporting requirements.
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CMS renews focus on catching fraudsters before they re-offend
The agency is beefing up its efforts to catch those that attempt to "reinvent" themselves after being banned from billing government programs.
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Healthcare job growth continues, but pace slows
Ambulatory care saw the biggest job gains, while nursing care facilities, residential mental health facilities and offices of non-physician healthcare practitioners saw slight seasonally adjusted drop-offs.
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UnitedHealth to link Optum's analytics, provider subsidiaries
Patients and providers will be able to access health data in real time as part of this new "digital ecosystem," Optum CEO Andrew Witty said Thursday.
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Judge finally blesses CVS-Aetna merger settlement
The review was unprecedented, spanning nearly a year as District Court Judge Richard Leon decided whether the agreement was in the public interest.
