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February 12, 2019
In a briefing on Tuesday February 12th, 2019, CareFirst’s president and CEO, Brian Pieninck discussed the future of healthcare and what role CareFirst will play in actualizing that future. One important part of the conversation was...
February 12, 2019 | Fierce Healthcare
There’s even an acronym for them: HNHC, which stands for those high-need, high-cost patients who it’s estimated make up only 5% of U.S. patients but account for about 50% of healthcare spending.
And while lots of studies have focused on...
February 11, 2019 | Modern Healthcare
HHS released on Monday two proposed rules that requires insurers to provide electronic health records to patients at no cost for certain plans by 2020.
In two long-anticipated rules, the CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator for...
February 11, 2019 | National Academy of Medicine
The authors of this paper recommend the integration of health care quality improvement measures for health literacy, language access, and cultural competence. The paper also notes the importance of patient-centered and equity-based...
February 11, 2019 | Fierce Healthcare
What form will the “health plan of tomorrow” take?
In short, it will be a digitally enabled, consumer-centric experience focused on prevention and wellness, according to a new report.
As more disruptors like Amazon and Google take an...
February 11, 2019 | New York Times
Many things affect your health. Genetics. Lifestyle. Modern medicine. The environment in which you live and work.
But although we rarely consider it, the degree of competition among health care organizations does so as well.
Markets for...
February 11, 2019 | New York Times
Each year, millions of Americans walk out of a doctor’s office with a misdiagnosis. Physicians try to be systematic when identifying illness and disease, but bias creeps in. Alternatives are overlooked.
Now a group of researchers in the...
February 11, 2019 | HealthDay
Receipt of primary care is associated with significantly more high-value care, slightly more low-value care, and a better health care experience, according to a study published online Jan. 28 in JAMA Internal Medicine.
David M. Levine, M....
February 11, 2019 | Hartford Courant
Alison McGrory-Watson, a private cook who lives in Deep River, had serious medical problems, including Hepatitis C and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), when she was assigned Nichole Mitchell as her primary care provider at...
February 7, 2019 | Health Affairs Blog
Health foundations are increasingly recognizing that their mission is not simply to award grants to deserving nonprofit organizations, but rather to play a catalytic role in improving the conditions that influence health, especially at a...
February 7, 2019 | Health Affairs Blog
In many ways, North Carolina highlights the potential and the challenges facing health care and public health in America. The state is home to leading health systems and health care innovators capable of delivering state-of-the-art care,...
February 6, 2019 | MedPage Today
Primary care physicians can curb healthcare costs and improve patient outcomes via telemedicine and new payment models and purchasing options, witnesses told the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Tuesday.
In a...
February 6, 2019 | The Lund Report
Oregon’s Medicaid insurers directed more of their spending towards primary care than high-earning commercial insurers, according to a report released by Oregon health and business officials Wednesday.
The report details $1.4 billion in...
February 5, 2019 | Patient Engagement HIT
Strong patient-provider communication, patient education, and lower costs can help patients more confidently manage and take their medications, according to a recent survey from DrFirst.
The survey of 200 patients without chronic...
February 5, 2019 | Roll Call
A Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Tuesday highlighted changes to primary care coverage that could be part of a Senate effort to lower health care costs this year.
Those ideas include incentives for...
February 4, 2019 | The Hill
The internet has long been a place for the free exchange of ideas, regardless of the ideological beliefs of the posters. Indeed, the idea of internet censorship is anathema to Americans, whose free speech is protected by the First...
February 4, 2019 | U.S. News & World Report
One way to get better medical care and more value for your health care dollars is to find yourself a primary care provider, researchers say.
For the study, researchers analyzed data from more than 70,000 U.S. adults who took part in a...
February 4, 2019 | Patient Engagement HIT
The social determinants of health are impacting primary care access, leading to a number of preventable emergency department (ED) visits among patients managing chronic illness, according to a recent analysis from the Center for Health...
February 4, 2019 | The Commonwealth Fund
The Issue
Are hospitals or physicians more responsible for driving up the price of hospital-based care? Tracking provider spending growth — and identifying the underlying forces at play — is an important issue for policymakers. Using data...
February 4, 2019 | Patient Engagement HIT
The social determinants of health (SDOH) may be commonly accepted as key to successful value-based care strategies, but the road to addressing those factors is less clear. With efforts to build community health programs in their nascency,...
