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Despite pop health buzz, few providers screen for social needs
In a new JAMA report, hospitals cited lack of financial ability, time and incentives as major barriers to screening for social determinants.
By Shannon Muchmore • Sept. 19, 2019 -
House Democrats forge ahead with direct Medicare drug price negotiation
While drug price constraints may still become law, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's proposal looks like a long shot.
By Jonathan Gardner • Sept. 19, 2019 -
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Labor
Hospitals are navigating persistent labor shortages with the need to cut costs — a source of contention that could leave patients caught in the middle.
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Infection control an issue at some ambulatory surgery centers, OIG says
More than three-quarters of ASCs had at least one deficiency during their most recent state inspection, according to a new report from the watchdog.
By Linda Wilson • Sept. 19, 2019 -
Study suggests inaccuracies in physicians' electronic documentation
Researchers found inconsistencies in doctors' documentation in their EHRs and what observers witnessed during patient encounters.
By Linda Wilson • Sept. 19, 2019 -
Tennessee unveils plan to change Medicaid funding to block grant program
The state would be the first to switch to the alternative funding mechanism if approved by federal regulators.
By Samantha Liss • Sept. 18, 2019 -
Court refuses to stay or reconsider decision tossing CMS site neutral rule
The court on Monday refused to modify its earlier opinion, meaning HHS will have to work out remedies for payments withheld due to the final rule.
By Dana Elfin • Updated Oct. 21, 2019 -
Hospital market concentration on the rise, along with prices
The Health Care Cost Institute found metro areas most concentrated also had steeper increases in inpatient prices and vice-versa​. The AHA pushed back.
By Shannon Muchmore • Sept. 17, 2019 -
Dueling reports highlight payer, provider finger-pointing over healthcare costs
Three-quarters of metro areas had a highly concentrated commercial health insurance market in 2018, up from 71% in 2014, according to the study.
By Shannon Muchmore • Sept. 17, 2019 -
Critics skewer fine print in mandatory kidney care model
The model should not be implemented as proposed, advisory board MedPAC warned, saying it had "significant methodological concerns."
By Rebecca Pifer • Sept. 17, 2019 -
Opioid giant Purdue files for bankruptcy to pay sweeping settlement
The Chapter 11 filing is meant to facilitate a more than $10 billion agreement in principle that the company just reached with 24 states and five U.S. territories.
By Jacob Bell • Sept. 17, 2019 -
American Kidney Fund lobbies White House on charitable premium assistance
Insurers are pushing for a reexamination of policies they argue allow financially interested third parties to steer end-stage renal disease patients eligible for Medicare or Medicaid to private plans.
By David Lim • Sept. 16, 2019 -
Air ambulance advisory panel on surprise billing takes shape
The committee is tasked with reviewing and making recommendations to improve issues related to surprise billing, transparency around charges and fees, and insurance coverage.
By Samantha Liss • Sept. 13, 2019 -
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.
By Linda Wilson • Sept. 12, 2019 -
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."
By Rebecca Pifer • Sept. 11, 2019 -
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.
By Samantha Liss • Sept. 11, 2019 -
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.
By Samantha Liss • Sept. 11, 2019 -
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.
By Shannon Muchmore • Sept. 10, 2019 -
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.
By Jonathan Gardner • Sept. 10, 2019 -
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.
By Rebecca Pifer • Sept. 10, 2019 -
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.
By Linda Wilson • Sept. 10, 2019 -
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.
By Rebecca Pifer • Sept. 9, 2019 -
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.
By Ned Pagliarulo • Sept. 9, 2019 -
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.
By Dana Elfin • Sept. 9, 2019 -
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.
By Shannon Muchmore • Sept. 9, 2019 -
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.
By Rebecca Pifer • Sept. 6, 2019
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