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October 18, 2018 | Kaiser Health News
Health care has emerged as the top issue for voters headed into the midterm elections, but fewer than half of them say they are hearing a lot from candidates on the issue, according to a new poll released Thursday.
Seven in 10 people list...
October 17, 2018 | The Sacramento Bee
After a streak of steady declines, California's uninsured rate bottomed out last year with some 2.7 million people still without health insurance.
The last estimates from the U.S. Census offer a fragmented portrait of the remaining people...
October 16, 2018 | Medical Xpress
Adults in the United States have a limited understanding of the basic duties that nurse practitioners and physician assistants can perform, a new study suggests.
The study is available online and will be published in the November issue...
October 16, 2018 | Health Affairs Blog
Many payers, most notably the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), have developed new payment models that base reimbursement on a broader bundle of services than traditional fee-for-service payment. The accountable care...
October 16, 2018 | Modern Healthcare
A new report suggests health systems are being too conventional in their approaches to cutting costs, which might be why they aren't making much headway.
Labor costs/productivity and the supply chain were the areas 72% of respondents to...
October 16, 2018
Two years after the Food and Drug Administration allowed manufacturers to add folic acid, a crucial B vitamin that prevents terrible birth defects, to their corn flour, very few have done so.
A new research report found that only 10...
October 16, 2018 | Washington Post
Federal health officials took the unusual step on Tuesday of warning the public about an increase in a mysterious and rare condition that mostly affects children and can cause paralysis.
So far this year, 127 confirmed or suspected cases...
October 16, 2018
October 16, 2018
Ms. Seema Verma
Administrator
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
7500 Security Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21244
Re: Medicare Program; Medicare Shared Savings Program; Accountable Care...
October 15, 2018 | Kaiser Health News
Health care experts widely expected the Affordable Care Act to hobble Medicare Advantage, the government-funded private health plans that millions of seniors have chosen as an alternative to original Medicare.
To pay for expanding...
October 15, 2018 | Modern Healthcare
Kentucky hospitals have started developing a new statewide data-sharing initiative among emergency departments to better address the growing number of babies experiencing opioid withdrawal.
The Kentucky Hospital Association last week...
October 15, 2018 | Modern Healthcare
More than 4,100 Medicaid expansion enrollees in Arkansas will lose coverage for the rest of 2018 because they did not comply with the state's work requirement policy, state officials announced Monday.
That's on top of the 4,353 people who...
October 15, 2018 | Los Angeles Times
More than half of Americans who suffer from depression never get any treatment, and in many cases that’s because their symptoms are never diagnosed. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force advises primary care physicians to screen all...
October 15, 2018 | Kaiser Health News
The young man held the medication in his hand — and considered using it to end his life.
But then he “put it down and said, ‘No. I need help,’” before heading to a Laredo, Texas, emergency room, said Kimberly Gallegos, who at the time...
October 10, 2018
The Trump administration wants Medicare for the first time to embrace telemedicine across the country by paying doctors $14 for a five-minute “check-in” phone call with their patients.
But many physicians say the proposed reimbursement ...
October 6, 2018
Calvin Brown doesn’t have a primary care doctor — and the peripatetic 23-year-old doesn’t want one.
Since his graduation last year from the University of San Diego, Brown has held a series of jobs that have taken him to several California...
October 6, 2018
A report released in August gleaned characteristics of successful ACOs from 15 studies on the subject. One was having physicians in leadership roles who act as “clinical champions” and create a culture of shared commitment among clinicians...
October 5, 2018 | Harvard Health Policy Review
The need to rehabilitate American infrastructure such as roads, bridges, and water systems is well recognized. These services are used daily by millions and impact the economy, health, and commerce of America. Likewise, primary care needs...
October 4, 2018
Dr. Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH, will receive the prestigious Barbara Starfield Primary Care Leadership Award. During her career, she has worked tirelessly to transform healthcare delivery through technology, medical education, and community...
October 3, 2018 | JAMA
Today, as in 1978, the global community grapples with providing basic, essential health care—especially for the most underserved among us, who are often at the margins of society and the center of health tragedies. In the United States,...
October 2, 2018
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, October 2, 2018
CONTACT: Allison Gross, (202) 417-2075, agross@pcpcc.org
WASHINGTON, DC – Today the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) announced the recipients of its 2018 advanced primary...
