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Obama announces Hobby Lobby 'fix'
The new regulation provides access to birth control coverage for employees of corporations that oppose the contraceptive mandate, but the debate is far from over.
By Katie Bo Williams • Aug. 22, 2014 -
Mass General uses predictive analytics for surgical decision-making
Can computers predict surgical risk or is this a next-generation use of analytics?
By Tammy Worth • Aug. 21, 2014 -
Explore the Trendline➔
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TrendlinePayer/provider relationships
As M&A intensifies and companies embrace more holistic and value-based care models, partnerships have become more closely intertwined.
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How Google searches can help determine population health
The quality of life where people live is closely correlated to healthcare-related Google searches. What can providers learn?
By Anne Zieger , Katie Bo Williams • Aug. 21, 2014 -
Why Wal-Mart won't dominate the primary care business
Is the retail giant's potential to overhaul the primary care landscape just hype?
By Anne Zieger • Aug. 21, 2014 -
Cutting device reps saves hospitals money
Supply-chain costs are the second-highest costs for hospitals next to labor.
By Tammy Worth • Aug. 20, 2014 -
Cleveland Clinic forms direct-to-employer alliance in NY
A university hospital in Manhasset will be the "destination site" for cardiac referrals from Cleveland Clinic.
By Tammy Worth • Aug. 20, 2014 -
Deep Dive
The impact of practice size on readmission rates
Hint: It's dramatic.
By Tammy Worth • Aug. 20, 2014 -
One third of physician payments data to be withheld
Although the verification database has been put back online, CMS has discovered ongoing errors.
By Tammy Worth • Aug. 18, 2014 -
Man sues health system after his homosexuality dubbed 'chronic condition'
The provider says that the problem stemmed not from prejudice but from an error in the system's "highly complex" EMR software.
By Anne Zieger • Aug. 18, 2014 -
Deep Dive
How hospitals can benefit from value-based insurance
"We need to make sure health plans make it easy for patients to do the exact same things we want them to do," said Mark Fendrick, M.D., director of the University of Michigan Center for Value-Based Insurance Design.
By Tammy Worth • Aug. 18, 2014 -
Deep Dive
The Friday Dive: Wal-Mart, VA referrals and False Claims lawsuits
Healthcare Dive's editor looks back on the biggest news from the last week.
By Katie Bo Williams • Aug. 15, 2014 -
Brooklyn medical center fined for workplace violence
How much responsibility do hospitals need to take to prevent attacks?
By Tammy Worth • Aug. 14, 2014 -
The slow, painful death of fee-for-service primary care
As payers move toward an accountable care model, more traditional practices are feeling the squeeze.
By Anne Zieger • Aug. 14, 2014 -
The ACA allots $10B for heathcare innovation
But is this an efficient use of government funds and will it solve healthcare's problems?
By Tammy Worth • Aug. 13, 2014 -
Deep Dive
Spotlight is on mental health after Robin Williams' death
60% of mentally ill adults received no mental health services in the previous year.
By Katie Bo Williams • Aug. 13, 2014 -
WHO: Use experimental treatments on Ebola patients
"In the special circumstances of this outbreak, it is ethical to offer unregistered interventions as potential treatments or prevention," said WHO assistant director general Marie-Paule Kieny.
By Sy Mukherjee • Aug. 12, 2014 -
Population health tool predicted Ebola outbreak
Are online tools accurate enough to be used for population health analysis in the U.S.?
By Katie Bo Williams • Aug. 11, 2014 -
How far off are drones in the delivery of rural care?
If Amazon thinks it can use drones to deliver purchases to consumers in 30 minutes or less, the potential for drone use in the healthcare landscape looks less pie-in-the-sky.
By Katie Bo Williams • Aug. 11, 2014 -
Low-income diabetics more likely to suffer amputation
As Medicaid expands in many states across the country, what can providers expect in terms of patient population risk?
By Tammy Worth • Aug. 11, 2014 -
Wal-Mart expands primary care presence
The discount giant is stepping up its investment in healthcare, making what may be a truly disruptive play in the retail clinic space.
By Anne Zieger • Aug. 11, 2014 -
Deep Dive
The Monday Primer: Are experimental drug polices for Ebola forthcoming?
Healthcare Dive's editor gives you a head start on the news. What's coming up in the week ahead?
By Katie Bo Williams • Aug. 11, 2014 -
California university will fast track primary care med students
It's the latest salvo in the debate over fast-tracking med students to combat the primary care doctor shortage.
By Sy Mukherjee • Aug. 8, 2014 -
CVS partners with 4 large providers
The partnership will integrate the providers' EMRs with systems at CVS' MinuteClinics.
By Anne Zieger • Aug. 7, 2014 -
Deep Dive
Admitting a patient: What does it cost hospitals?
Price variation across the country has come under increased scrutiny. But how does the expense to hospitals of admitting a patient vary from state to state?
By Katie Bo Williams • Aug. 6, 2014 -
CMS will no longer disclose some hospital errors
Consumers who want to find out if a hospital has a track record of leaving foreign objects in body cavities are out of luck.
By Katie Bo Williams • Aug. 6, 2014
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