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Medicare spends more on post-hospital care for seniors than private insurance — needlessly, says Health Affairs

Changes to Medicare’s post-hospital care payment structure, to bring it closer to that used by private insurance, might save taxpayer dollars.

AI and SDOH are developing separately, but they’re now converging as technology keeps with the need to make impactful use of data.

The transaction is expected to be complete in early 2020 following approval by Total Health Care members and state officials.

Following two years of falling margins, the trend has reversed course, with median margins improving more than 10% over 2018.

Following two years of falling margins, the trend has reversed course, with median margins improving more than 10% over 2018.

From 1980 through 2018, the FDA approved a total of 126 cancer drugs to treat solid and hematologic tumors.

These improvements don’t necessarily translate to sufficient margins, however, as hospitals in many markets are still struggling.

With value-based care, there are more incentives for providers to take SDOH factors into account, but few have a good handle on it.

The workers are protesting what they see as the healthcare giant’s unfair labor practices.

Physician compensation rebounded from a stagnant 2017, but the increase in productivity was negligible.