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June 26, 2018 | Kaiser Health News
Dr. Atul Gawande, the famed surgeon-writer-researcher chosen to lead a joint health venture by three prominent employers to bring down health costs, said his biggest goal is to help professionals “make it simpler to do the right thing” in...
June 26, 2018 | Bloomberg
When Carla Jordan and her husband were hit with a cascade of serious medical issues, she knew that at least her family had health insurance through her job. What she didn’t realize was that even with that coverage, a constant stream of...
June 25, 2018
June 25, 2018
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Re: CMS-1694-P; Request for Information on Promoting Interoperability...
June 23, 2018 | New York Times
This primary care doctor treats diabetes, rashes, strep throat - and opioid addiction. The country needs many more doctors like her.
June 21, 2018 | New York Times
It has long been a controversial theory about Alzheimer’s disease, often dismissed by experts as a sketchy cul-de-sac off the beaten path from mainstream research.
But a new study by a team that includes prominent Alzheimer’s scientists...
June 21, 2018 | Avalere
New research from Avalere finds that proposed 2019 exchange premiums for the most popular exchange plans (silver-level plans) are 15% higher, on average, compared to 2018 final premiums. If approved, average silver-level exchange plan...
June 21, 2018 | PCDC
This is an important new report from PCDC. It further proves that primary care is critical to creating healthy communities, ensuring health equity, and reducing health care costs!
June 20, 2018 | New York Times
It’s a marquee name for a marquee venture.
Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase, the powerful triumvirate that earlier announced its hope to overhaul the health care of its employees and set an example for the nation, said on...
June 19, 2018 | Forbes
Walgreens Boots Alliance and Humana say they are partnering to operate “senior-focused primary care clinics” inside drugstores.
The deal announced Tuesday involves two Walgreens stores in the Kansas City, Missouri area. The clinics, which...
June 18, 2018 | The Hill
Medical experts are cautioning that there are long-term health risks for migrant children who are separated from their parents, including "irreplaceable harm" to those children's lifelong development.
“[It can] cause irreparable harm to...
June 15, 2018 | STATELINE
Amid sharply rising rates of teen suicide and adolescent mental illness, two states have enacted laws that for the first time require public schools to include mental health education in their basic curriculum.
Most states require health...
June 14, 2018 | The Milbank Memorial Fund
“We had more imaging facilities than we really needed. Plus our ER was really crowded. So under a global budget we shut down one of our three imaging centers and converted it into a patient-centered medical home to reduce our ER volume.”...
June 12, 2018 | AAFP News
On behalf of the more than 560,000 physicians and medical students represented by the combined memberships of the above organizations, we have adopted the following principles to address the opioid crisis impacting a significant number of...
June 12, 2018 | AAFP News
In a first-of-its-kind national study, researchers have found that Americans with high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) but no health savings accounts (HSAs) are less likely to see primary care physicians, receive preventive care or seek...
June 8, 2018 | Modern Healthcare
Earlier this year, Cleveland Cavaliers player Kevin Love wrote a powerful piece for the Players' Tribune in which he detailed having his first panic attack, followed by a struggle to seek help. Love was inspired to come forward after...
June 7, 2018
Few healthcare organizations are investing in social determinants of health technology, and while an uptick is expected, the market will remain relatively weak until providers find the best way to use the data, according to a new analysis ...
June 7, 2018 | New York Times
Suicide rates rose steadily in nearly every state from 1999 to 2016, increasing 25 percent nationally, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Thursday. In 2016, there were more than twice as many suicides as homicides...
June 5, 2018 | PCDC
No anniversary is complete without a big surprise — but not typically this big. PCDC capped its 25th Anniversary Gala last evening by announcing a milestone threshold: a total of $1 billion in investments to expand primary care...
June 5, 2018
The number of new nurse practitioners (NPs) graduating each year continues to rise rapidly and will likely exceed the annual number of new physicians completing training in the next few years. This has significant implications for...
June 4, 2018
As the health care system moves toward more sophisticated value-based payment (VBP) models, those seeking to improve efficiency continue to look to primary care as the key to prevention and better health management. And for good reason:...
