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Feb 21 | Mike Miliard

ONC unveils new plan for combating clinician burnout

Its Strategy on Reducing Regulatory and Administrative Burden Relating to the Use of Health IT and EHRs aims to make changes that allow…

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Feb 21 |

HIMSSCast: Technology, policy and COVID-19

HIMSS Media editors discuss health tech's role in the world's response to the coronavirus.

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Feb 21 | Jeff Lagasse

CMS offers proposed rule on Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model

The proposed rule promotes changes such as incorporating outpatient hip and knee replacements into the episode of…

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Feb 20 | Susan Morse

Oscar Health offers $3 a month drug prescriptions

The formulary includes about 100 drugs, including insulin, and is expected to expand.

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Feb 20 | Jeff Lagasse

Democrats debate healthcare reform

Study shows MFA could realize $450 billion in savings and prevent 68,000 deaths per year, though implementation costs would be high.

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Feb 19 |

More than $2 billion in fraud recoveries collected from healthcare companies last year

Providers warned to stay vigilant as financial and political incentives remain strong to bring False…

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Feb 18 | Jeff Lagasse

Out-of-network primary care tied to rising ACO costs

Decreasing the percentage of primary care delivered out-of-network across all ACOs by 0.1% could save Medicare $45 million a year.

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Feb 18 | Susan Morse

CarePoint hospitals require financial intervention, legislators say

New Jersey legislators told the governor they want CarePoint finances and transactions closely watched, in light of…

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Feb 14 | Jeff Lagasse

Californians increasingly concerned about access to mental healthcare and rising cost of care

For the second year in a row, residents say making sure people with mental health problems can…

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Feb 13 | Jeff Lagasse

How runaway healthcare costs are a threat to older adults -- and what to do about it

Authors call for allowing Medicare to directly negotiate drug prices with manufacturers, which is…

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