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Deep DiveRural hospitals in dire need of regulatory relief
"Reducing some of the costly regulatory challenges we face would help staunch the bloodletting," said Leslie Marsh, CEO of Lexington Regional Health Center.
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Facebook, NYU team up to use AI to accelerate MRI scans
The partners want to make scans 10 times faster by using neural networks to reconstruct images.
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Anthem, Walmart partner on MA program aimed at improving OTC access
The retail giant's focus on value-based care and bid to innovate may be a lesson learned from earlier this year when a deal to acquire Pill Pack fell though and e-commerce competitor Amazon grabbed the startup for itself.
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Health orgs aren't fully following IT safety advice, survey finds
Funding and personnel issues could contribute to systems not following through, according to the report published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.
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CMS touts quicker Medicaid waiver process
The agency said its efforts reduced administrative burdens for states and the government.
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Doctors often fail to list conflicts in device studies, JAMA report finds
Doctors got the highest payouts from Medtronic (more than $187.4 million), followed by Stryker and Intuitive Surgical, according to the JAMA analysis.
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Trump seeks federal opioid lawsuit, DOJ aims to slash manufacturing quotas
The president said he'd like Attorney General Jeff Sessions to launch a federal suit in addition to ongoing state legal actions. Meanwhile, the DOJ and DEA proposed further cuts to quotas on opioids for 2019.
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NYU School of Medicine to pay full tuition for all students
Current students will have the remainder of their tuition covered, while incoming students will receive full scholarships.
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Moving to electronic transactions could save Medicaid plans over $4.8B annually
A new report finds only 44% of Medicaid recipients are currently in plans with electronic claims processes.
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CEO salaries at nonprofit hospitals up 93% since 2005
Nonprofit hospital CEOs earn three times as much as orthopedic surgeons and seven times what pediatricians make, according to new research.
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Geisinger and Merck launch patient communication, care delivery apps
The apps use SMART and FHIR technology to facilitate data sharing among disparate patient record systems.
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Apple may be looking to develop health chips, CNBC says
The company recently posted job notices for sensor ASIC architects and an engineer to help develop health and wellness sensors.
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Aetna International pitches vision for interoperable health platform
The overseas wing of the health insurer thinks more stakeholders need to tackle data challenges.
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Deep Dive5 key takeaways from hospitals' Q2 results
Earnings were mixed for hospital operators in the second quarter, with winners and losers beginning to emerge amid industry uncertainty.
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Teva granted FDA approval for first EpiPen generic
It's the latest blow to Mylan, which came under fire for hiking EpiPen's price over the last decade and is now facing manufacturing challenges for the flagship product.
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FDA sets out vision to use real-world data in product evaluations
The agency wants insights into safety and efficacy outside of controlled research environments.
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Insurance brokers expect higher ACA plan premiums, market instability
Brokers predict more people will leave individual insurance for lower-cost options like short-term health plans and association health plans.
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Payers transition to government health plans despite risks
Commercial health plans have dropped over the past 10 years as payers move to managed Medicaid and Medicare Advantage.
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Deep DivePrior authorization moves to EHRs
Manual prior authorization can create administrative burdens for practices and hospitals, but case studies show some success in making the process electronic.
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Best Buy snaps up health services company GreatCall for $800M
The acquisition may seem far afield for the electronics retailer, but in many ways it was "probably inevitable."
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Study shows clear benefit with use of automated inpatient alerts
Patients whose doctors followed alerts had 29% fewer complications and 6.2% shorter hospital stays, according to the study.
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DeepMind's AI detects over 50 eye diseases with 94% accuracy, study shows
The work is a collaboration between Google's DeepMind subsidiary, Moorfields Eye Hospital and University College London to speed diagnosis and referrals for sight-threating eye diseases.
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Partial Medicaid expansion would restrict access for near-poor adults, study finds
Wisconsin is the only state so far to partially expand the program, but at least three other states are considering such a proposal, according to a Center on Budget and Policy Priorities report.
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Mayo Clinic tops U.S. News best hospital list for third straight year
Three of the other top five hospitals also held onto last year's ranking: Cleveland Clinic (2nd), Johns Hopkins (3rd) and Massachusetts General (4th).
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Oscar gets $375M investment from Alphabet, eyes MA market in 2020
The payer startup has already expanded beyond its initial offerings in the ACA exchanges and individual market.
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