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Hospitals pledge to fight Trump admin price transparency plan in court
In a Friday afternoon press conference, President Donald Trump said patients have "been getting ripped off for years" and HHS Secretary Alex Azar said the requirements are a "revolutionary" change for the industry.
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IT execs call for HIPAA overhaul in 'Project Nightingale' wake
"People aren't doing anything against the law, but we're starting to think differently," Geisinger's chief informatics data officer said. "There's the legal court and then the court of public opinion, and that's starting to shift a little bit."
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In stents v. statins debate, analysts call potential impact of Ischemia trial overhyped
The study seemed to favor a conservative approach to treating stable heart disease. But many sell-side analysts called results expected, predicting they won't meaningfully hurt sales for device makers like Boston Scientific.
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An expanding Mayo Clinic sees net income double
The nonprofit reported financials for the first three quarters of 2019 as well as details on an expansion into the United Kingdom.
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Hospitals — and now insurers — to reveal secret rates under latest Trump admin pitch
Industry lobbies have argued the government lacks authority to issue such mandates and are sure to fight back against what would be a landmark shift in healthcare.
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JAMA: Lower cost hospitals have similar patient outcomes as higher cost counterparts
A new study in JAMA Network Open questions the assumption that patient acuity and case mix have as much of an impact on patient cost as the priciness of the individual hospital itself.
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Doctors give their EHRs an F for usability
"The findings will not come as a surprise to anyone who practices medicine," American Medical Association President Patrice Harris said in a statement.
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FDA clears Pentax duodenoscope with disposable part in bid to cut infection risk
Center for Devices and Radiological Health Director Jeff Shuren called the clearance "another major step toward lowering the risk of infection among patients," and said duodenoscope safety is a top priority for the agency.
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Hospitals waste billions on bad supply chain management, Navigant says
Unnecessary spending on supply chain products and related operations reached $25.7 billion in 2018, according to the study of 2,127 hospitals.
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HHS office awards $6 million contract to improve antibiotic use
The contract will fund Inflammatix's efforts to distinguish between bacterial and viral infections, in a bid to limit overprescribing of antibiotics and the emergence of superbugs.
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Highmark inks joint venture deal to provide at-home care
The health system said home services are available to commercial plan members in Western Pennsylvania, and MA beneficiaries will be eligible Jan. 1. It hopes to expand the offering to West Virginia and Delaware.
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Landmark Apple Watch AFib study yields mixed results
Researchers touted an apparent low incidence of false positives, but many who didn't receive a notification were subsequently diagnosed with atrial fibrilation, according to research published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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SponsoredThe value-based care crossroad: How health plans can remain on course
Why are providers finding the transition from traditional fee-for-service to newer value-based care models to be such a bumpy road?
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Sanford, UnityPoint scrap plan to create $11B system
The union would have created one of the largest nonprofit health systems, with a significant footprint throughout the Midwest.
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Nascent digital therapeutics group defines best practices, ethics code
The two-year-old group is looking to distinguish higher-risk products that claim to prevent, manage or treat a disease from more general digital health lifestyle and wellness apps.
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Providers shell out $2.76B annually to update directories
Medical practices spend nearly $1,000 per month updating lists of insurers' in-network providers, according to a new report from an alliance of big payers.
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CMS pitches ramped up oversight of Medicaid payments, promises block grant guidance
Provider lobbies clapped back Wednesday against the proposed rule, with America's Essential Hospitals calling it a "deeply damaging" policy that would erode state flexibility and the medical safety net.
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Timeline of the Affordable Care Act — still under siege
A decision is expected any day on a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the ACA, a law that is no stranger to controversy and ire.
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Every for-profit hospital chain reported admission upticks: Is it a blip?
Tenet reported its third consecutive quarter of admission gains, while HCA called it the "strongest same-facilities growth in volume" over the past 17 quarters.
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Google's 'Project Nightingale' prompts HHS investigation
The Office of Civil Rights launched a federal inquiry into Google's R&D using the personal health information of tens of millions of patients from Ascension, the nation's second-largest health system.
UPDATED: Nov. 13, 2019 at 10:59 a.m. -
ICER draws new gene therapy pricing framework
One-time and short-term curative therapies require a different approach to evaluating benefit, the cost watchdog group said.
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Industry mourns unexpected passing of Kaiser Permanente CEO Bernard Tyson
Though the executive recently faced criticism from worker groups over labor practices and sweeping profits, Tyson was a respected and popular leader. Kaiser EVP Gregory Adams was named interim chairman and CEO.
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Kaiser Permanente net income tops $1B, margins sag
Unions have cited the not-for-profit's hefty income to push for better working conditions. CFO Kathy Lancaster defended the profits, which she said "allows us to make investments in technology, infrastructure, and our people."
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Surprise billing services had higher-than-average markups
Annual price bumps were greatest at for-profit hospitals, those that served more uninsured patients (for emergency medicine services) and facilities in the Southeast, according to a research letter in JAMA Internal Medicine.
