[ad_1] A 2017 report from the Department of Health and Human Services showed that 98% of accountable care organizations, Medicare’s predominant value-based care model, met or exceeded quality […]
Sen. Tammy Baldwin: Cutting out-of-pocket costs
[ad_1] When I ran for the Senate in 2012, I highlighted how wrong it was that the secretary of Health and Human Services was prohibited from negotiating prescription […]
Sen. Chris Murphy: Mental health and gun violence crisis
[ad_1] When we talk about the gun violence epidemic, the focus is usually on the number of persons killed or injured. But this doesn’t come close to describing […]
Food may be best medicine to improve the nation’s health
[ad_1] It has been more than 50 years since the White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, and Health was held in 1969, which led to the establishment and […]
Abortion laws in Indiana, Ohio leave health systems scrambling
[ad_1] All seven Indiana abortion clinics lost their licenses Thursday under the state’s new law, which allows abortions to only be performed in hospitals or outpatient surgical centers […]
Humana to spend $550M on private equity clinics
[ad_1] Humana will spend up to $550 million to acquire the first set of clinics it built with a private equity firm, Chief Financial Officer Susan Diamond said […]
Advocate Aurora-Atrium deal hinges on questions of control
[ad_1] Still state board members have questions about control. Board member Dr. Sanda Martell said at the meeting that the deal wasn’t fully thought through and she had […]
Done, mental health startup, investigated by DEA
[ad_1] The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency is investigating mental health startup Done for its prescription of controlled substances, according to a news story. The Wall Street Journal first […]
Hospital readmissions penalties for 2023 lower than expected
[ad_1] CMS is also suppressing the pneumonia readmissions measure from its review and eliminating diagnosis-related group payment policy and excess readmission ratio calculations for hospitals with extraordinary circumstance […]
Jackson, Miss. water safe to drink, Gov. Tate Reeves says
[ad_1] Meanwhile, wildfires in Las Vegas, New Mexico, this summer contaminated its main water supply, leaving the small city just east of Santa Fe with roughly four months […]
