Providers, government need to step up effort on painkiller abuse
The Kaiser survey also examined Americans’ views on issues involving access to mental health services.
Dialysis patients’ stories expose risks of Medicare cutbacks on nonemergency ambulance rides
Some ambulance operators say they feel caught between wanting to help sick people and obeying the rules that determine whether Medicare will pay them.
With the Rise of AI, What IP Disputes in Healthcare Are Likely to Emerge?
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Study shows doctors who do surgery after working graveyard shift have same outcomes as those physicians who don’t
The study's conclusions conflict with previous research linking sleep deprivation in doctors to reduced performance. Most earlier studies focused on residents, not on attending physicians.
As ‘Cadillac Tax’ nears, large employers seek to reign in specialty drug costs
Under ACA, employers could be subject to a 40 percent tax on the amounts by which the costs of sponsored plans exceed government-set thresholds.
Hospitals begin to partner with healthcare harm reduction centers to improve care for marginalized patients
"The highest utilizers of the Medicaid system, if you take out long-term care and people going into nursing homes, it’s people who have mental health issues and addiction."
Study shows why we shouldn’t underestimate value of phone-based therapy for seniors in underserved rural communities
Therapy provided over the phone lowered symptoms of anxiety and depression among older adults in rural areas with a lack of mental health services, a new study shows.
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A Personalized Approach to Medication Nonadherence
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
Here’s an inside look at the new Clear Choices transparency initiative
A new coalition of insurers, pharmaceutical companies, and provider and consumer advocacy groups launched an initiative to make more information available to consumers about the actual costs of health services.
The Godfather of Health IT? A Q&A with the NIH’s Dr. Donald Lindberg
Lindberg retired this month after 30 years at the National Institutes of Health National Library of Medicine where he worked to put research online so that doctors could have the latest medical advancements at their fingertips, and patients could become more increasingly engaged in their own care.
A healthcare problem yet to be solved: Workplace depression
For every dollar spent on treating depression, almost five dollars is spent on the treatment and workplace costs of related medical conditions like back and chest pain, sleep disorders and migraines – placing a greater financial burden on businesses and the health care system, according to new research measuring the economic impact of depression. “The […]
After 5 years of debate, Kentucky gives nurse practitioners more power to prescribe
Starting July 15, nurse practitioners in Kentucky who have completed a four-year collaboration with a physician will be allowed to prescribe routine medications without a doctor’s involvement, a major shift that could help improve consumers’ access to care. The law that makes this possible passed after five years of legislative debate. Nurse practitioners are fighting […]
Maximize Revenue and Patient Care with Strategic Weight Loss Management
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
Global warming wonks want healthcare CEOs to begin thinking about climate change
Climate change is happening, and with that will come more deaths from heat-related illness and disease, according to a report released Tuesday. The report, spearheaded and funded by investor and philanthropist Thomas Steyer, former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, examines many of the effects of climate change for business […]
Health plans push back against D.C.’s proposal to fund its online exchange with an insurer tax
Insurers who are not selling their wares on Washington, D.C.’s exchange have signaled they may sue to block a D.C. council plan to charge them a 1 percent annual tax on all health-related plans sold in the city. The revenue would pay for the continuing operation of online marketplace. The tax, which gained the council’s […]