Amazon Business' medical supply chain ambitions: 4 things to know

"Online channel[s are] going to be the primary marketplace[s] for even the most premium of medical devices in the future," Amazon's global healthcare leader Chris Holt told Healthcare Dive.

By Rebecca Pifer • July 6, 2018

The boons of — and barriers to — behavioral health integration

An increasing number of clinics are trying a collaborative care model, but reimbursement, structural and historical barriers remain an obstacle.

By Les Masterson • July 5, 2018

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Payer/provider relationships

As M&A intensifies and companies embrace more holistic and value-based care models, partnerships have become more closely intertwined.

By Healthcare Dive staff

Return of the house call

Big systems like Johns Hopkins and CMS itself are increasingly looking to home-based care.

By Les Masterson • July 2, 2018

Most ambulatory practices see benefits of patient intake systems

Customers like Phreesia's broad capabilities and EHR integration. 

By Meg Bryant • June 29, 2018

Sanford Health, Good Samaritan to merge

The deal would unite two of Sioux Falls, South Dakota's largest employers.

By Jeff Byers • June 27, 2018

Telebehavioral health finding its niche

Providers are exploring new tech options, but there's still work to be done to integrate mental health services into the larger healthcare delivery system. 

By Meg Bryant • June 21, 2018

Opioid supply levels decline in most states, report finds

States that passed laws to limit opioid prescriptions, such as Maine, appeared to have the biggest reductions.

By Suzanne Elvidge • June 21, 2018

CVS offers at-home Rx delivery amid Amazon threat

The pharmacy giant said it will become the first national drugstore to deliver prescriptions directly to consumers.

By Rebecca Pifer • June 20, 2018

Amazon-Berkshire-JP Morgan healthcare venture names Gawande CEO

The New Yorker staff writer and Harvard Medical School surgery professor is seen as an unconventional choice.

By Jeff Byers • June 20, 2018

Quest Analytics takes on network accuracy with BetterDoctor buy

The deal combines Quest Analytic's network decision support tools with BetterDoctor's provider data management platform.

By Meg Bryant • June 19, 2018

Patients want better communication, care coordination, survey shows

Insurance giant Aetna finds physician respondents working within value-based care models have better access to community resources.

By Les Masterson • June 19, 2018

Fight for mandated nurse-to-patient ratios heats up

Nurses point to research suggesting mandatory staffing ratios in California helped improve patient health outcomes. The hospital industry, however, remains resistant, citing staff shortages and other roadblocks.

By Tony Abraham • June 15, 2018

Google seeking talent in voice tech to improve doctor-patient experience

The company is reportedly already working with Stanford Medical to assess AI and voice recognition in automating EHR entries.

By Meg Bryant • June 15, 2018

Sequoia Project highlights best patient matching practices

The revised framework includes a model for determining an organization's "maturity" in matching patient IDs and information.

By Meg Bryant • June 14, 2018

US task force advises against EKG screening in low-risk patients

There is insufficient evidence that the benefits outweigh the risks of invasive follow-up tests, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said.

By Meg Bryant • June 14, 2018

Evolent Health CEO Williams on why the road to value-based care is slow

The company recently partnered with Nicklaus Children's Health System and Baptist Health Care to launch Medicaid plans in Florida.

By Jeff Byers • June 14, 2018

Proliferation of care settings to drive medical cost inflation in 2019, PwC projects

Megamergers and consolidation were also named as factors inflating the projected increase in the cost to treat patients for next year.

By Jeff Byers • June 13, 2018

CMS expands Maryland's all-payer program to outpatient services

The agency said the new model will save Medicare more than $1 billion by the end of 2023 and "creates new opportunities for a range of non-hospital healthcare providers to participate in this test to limit Medicare spending."

By Les Masterson • June 12, 2018

KKR to acquire Envision in $9.9B deal

It's the culmination of a seven-month strategic review that examined Envision's options, including changes to capital structure, acquisitions and remaining a standalone business.

By Jeff Byers • June 11, 2018

Fixing provider directories a low-risk way to test blockchain, report suggests

UnitedHealth, Humana and Quest Diagnostics are among those working on a pilot blockchain project to update provider directories.

By Les Masterson • June 11, 2018

Reduction in hospital-acquired conditions saved $2.9B over 2 years

An Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality report found improved patient safety in 2015 and 2016 prevented about 8,000 deaths.

By Les Masterson • June 7, 2018

New Enterprise Associates buys DaVita's Paladina Health

A key selling point in the latest of a growing number of healthcare deals was Paladina's direct primary care model.

By David Lim • June 7, 2018

Nurse practitioners increasingly fill gap in primary care delivery, study finds

In rural areas, nurse practitioners make up a quarter of primary care providers, according to a new report in Health Affairs.

By Meg Bryant • June 5, 2018

UPS seeks to disrupt implantable medical device supply chain

But without device manufacturer buy-in, uptake of the effort appears to be slow.

By David Lim • June 5, 2018

Organizational flaws compound doctor burnout, report says

Physicians experiencing signs of burnout are three times more likely to say they'll leave their organization within three years, an industry study finds.

By Tony Abraham • June 4, 2018