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Nearly 50K would lose Medicaid under Arkansas work rules: study
Gresham v. Azar seeks to halt the work requirement experiment on grounds it runs counter to Medicaid law and risks the health of Arkansas' most vulnerable citizens.
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Specialty drugs drive Rx spending increase, Blue Cross says
Insurers under the Blues' umbrella spent about $100 billion on prescription drugs in 2017, making up roughly 20% of plans' overall healthcare spending. That figure is 2% higher than it was in 2016, and has consistently risen since 2010.
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Hospital acquisition of physician practices driving demand for integrated technology platforms
Integrated delivery network leaders believe aligning hospital and physician IT systems supports value-based care goals, a new Black Book Market Research report shows.
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Managed Medicaid plans treat chronic conditions on par with other commercial coverage, AHIP report finds
The payer group looked at data involving patients with asthma, diabetes and mood disorders to see how clinical care compared between Medicaid, commercial insurance and those who are uninsured.
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Healthcare will outspend all other industries on R&D by 2020, PwC says
Medtronic is among 23 healthcare companies rated "high-leverage innovators" for performance on seven key financial indicators. Top 20 companies include Alphabet, Samsung, Microsoft, Apple, Roche, Novartis and Pfizer.
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Over 4.4M patient records breached in Q3, report finds
One breach involving insider wrongdoing took 15 years to come to light.
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It's final: Amazon pegs NYC, Virginia for HQ2 (with nod to Nashville)
The Tennessee capital was a surprise winner, landing 5,000 jobs as part of an "operations center of excellence."
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Humana, Kaiser Permanente top customer satisfaction index
"Health insurance is complicated and controversial, making it by far the most problematic and least satisfying category in the sector," said David VanAmburg, managing director at the American Customer Satisfaction Index.
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AliveCor's Apple add-on detects afib at similar rate to costly implant
KardiaBand, a wearable electrocardiogram that retails for under $200, spotted 97% of the cardiac events detected by implantable loop recorders.
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Athenahealth scooped for $5.7B by Elliot, Veritas after turbulent year
Activist investor Elliott has been pushing for a buyout since it sent athenahealth an unsolicited offer in May.
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CMS finds Strong Start birth centers save money, improve outcomes
Rates of preteen birth, unhealthy birthweight and cesarean section were all lower among birth center participants — as were costs.
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Post midterm win, Medicaid backers eye expansion in more red states
Victories in three states are inspiring backers in Missouri, Mississippi and Oklahoma who found themselves boxed out by Republican lawmakers unwilling to extend health coverage to more low-socioeconomic status residents.
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Amazon expands catalog of HIPAA-eligible AI services
Amazon Translate, Amazon Comprehend and Amazon Transcribe can now be used in workflows involving personal patient information.
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Geisinger CEO Feinberg packs for Google months after shrugging off Amazon
Feinberg will reportedly lead health strategy at the tech giant. He turned down a high-profile job leading the Amazon-Berkshire Hathaway-J.P. Morgan healthcare venture earlier this year.
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Without more stewardship, superbugs could kill thousands more Americans annually by 2050
But spending just $2 per person a year on measures like handwashing and more sensible prescribing could prevent three out of four of those deaths, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
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SponsoredHow to recognize and respond to burnout in a fellow physician
What do you do when you see that the work of a peer is being impacted by physician burnout? Here’s what to look for and how to respond.
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Price, usage drive variations between regions' healthcare costs, report finds
Of six regions studied, Maryland had the lowest costs at 20% below the benchmark. On the other end, Colorado was 19% above the standard and Minnesota was 11% higher.
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HHS teases mandatory bundled models in about-face
If such methods are needed to deliver change, HHS Secretary Alex Azar said Thursday, "mandatory models are going to see a comeback."
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Medicaid managed care proposal would tweak network adequacy standards
The proposed rule from CMS aims to create flexibility by removing "outdated" requirements that govern how plans communicate with beneficiaries and barriers to transitioning new services and populations into managed care.
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Leapfrog says 10 states have failing hospitals, calls for more accountability
The most common safety grade the group gave in its most recent rankings was C, with 37% of hospitals falling in that category.
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Retail clinics, employer activists poised to disrupt healthcare, report finds
Roughly one-fifth of consumers visited a retail clinic in the past several years, a new PwC study shows.
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Signups lag in first days of ACA open enrollment
It's still early in the process, but enrollment will need to pick up significantly over the next month to approach last year's numbers, according to CMS data.
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Deep DiveRed states say 'yes' to Medicaid
Three GOP-heavy states expanded Medicaid on Tuesday, and Democratic governor pickups could further the trend. Elsewhere on midterm ballots, nurse-to-patient staffing ratios lost and California hospitals scored a win.
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Study highlights role of EHRs in pediatric medication errors
The most common EHR usability challenges are system and visual display, according to the Health Affairs report.
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Premier to acquire software company Stanson Health for $51.5M
Software-as-a-service provider Stanson's product pipeline includes a tool to provide prior authorizations in near real time.
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