60+ Companies Join CMS’ New Initiative for Data Interoperability & Patient-Facing Apps

CMS launched a new initiative to promote better data interoperability and digital health innovation. As part of the effort, more than 60 organizations pledged to build patient-facing apps and support secure data sharing — including OpenAI, Amazon, Apple, Cleveland Clinic and Providence. The post 60+ Companies Join CMS’ New Initiative for Data Interoperability & Patient-Facing…

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Healthcare Doesn’t Need More Companies Managing Unnecessary Costs – It Needs a System Designed to Eliminate Them

Cost management strategies need to focus on simplifying the system, doing away with the outdated processes that inflate costs, and building and deploying tools that allow organizations to control their spending.  The post Healthcare Doesn’t Need More Companies Managing Unnecessary Costs – It Needs a System Designed to Eliminate Them appeared first on MedCity News.

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Journalists Untangle Issues of Health Care Costs and Food Benefits

KFF Health News Southern California correspondent Claudia Boyd-Barrett discussed rising health care premiums on KPFA’s “Up Front” on Nov. 13. Click here to hear Boyd-Barrett on “Up Front” (starts at 08:19). Read Boyd-Barrett’s “Health Care Costs Jump to the Fore as Candidates Jockey To Be California Governor.” KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner…

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Why Are More Older People Dying After Falls?

For a while, walking the dog felt hazardous. Earl Vickers was accustomed to taking Molly, his shepherd-boxer-something-else mix, for strolls on the beach or around his neighborhood in Seaside, California. A few years ago, though, he started to experience problems staying upright. “If another dog came toward us, every single time I’d end up on…

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When Medicaid Cost Cutting Is Simply Cost Shifting

As speculation about whether Medicaid cuts will be part of the solution to our national debt problem continues, no one can predict how much the Medicaid rollback will be, or its impact on the one in five Americans who rely on it.  The post When Medicaid Cost Cutting Is Simply Cost Shifting appeared first on…

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