UC Population Health Adds Value-Based Care Administrator Initiative
Goal is to prepare University of California health centers for success in value-based care models by participating in alternative payment model contracts
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Valuing the Societal Impact of Medicines and Other Health Technologies: A User Guide to Current Best Practices
That is the title of a new publication with co-authors Joshua T. Cohen, Louis P. Garrison, Dana A. Goldman, Jalpa A. Doshi, Joshua Krieger, Darius N. Lakdawalla, Peter J. Neumann, Charles E. Phelps, Melanie D. Whittington and Richard Willke. This consensus paper aims to provide researchers with a user guide for estimating broader societal value…
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: End-of-Year Chaos on Capitol Hill
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the critically praised reference book “Health Care Politics and Policy A to…
Get Accurate Results with Blood Test at Home
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Humana, Providence Leverage FHIR to Streamline Data Exchange
Payer and provider organization anticipate their framework will be easily replicable, serving as a scalable model for the industry
The FDA Isn’t Blocking Medical Breakthroughs — Our Outdated Innovation Model Is
The current model of siloed, proprietary development is failing us. It’s slow, expensive, and often results in technologies that never see the light of day. What if, instead, we embraced an open-source approach to medical device innovation? The post The FDA Isn’t Blocking Medical Breakthroughs — Our Outdated Innovation Model Is appeared first on MedCity…
Health Insurance Cancel Culture
By MATTHEW HOLT Strap in for a dramatic tale in which our hero battles bureaucracy and logic to try to get his health insurance back. About 20 years ago lots of Americans, especially Californians who bought health insurance from Blue Shield of California, found that their coverage was cancelled without them knowing about it. That…
After Outpatient Cosmetic Surgery, They Wound Up in the Hospital or Alone at a Recovery House
Lisa Farris worried that a nasty infection from recent liposuction and a tummy tuck was rapidly getting worse. So she phoned the cosmetic surgery center to ask if she should head to the emergency room, she alleges in a lawsuit. The nurse who took the call at the Sono Bello center in Addison, Texas, told…
A Teen’s Murder, Mold in the Walls: Unfulfilled Promises Haunt Public Housing
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Blocks from where tourists stroll along the cobblestoned riverfront in this racially divided city, Detraya Gilliard made her way down the dark, ruptured sidewalks of Yamacraw Village, looking for her missing 15-year-old daughter. Like most other people living in one of the nation’s oldest public housing projects, Gilliard endured the boarded-up buildings…
CDC Allocates $176M to Strengthen Public Health Infrastructure
Funding will help partners increase the capability of the public health workforce to deliver essential services, improve organizational and systems capacity