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Blue Cross of Mass. giving opioid overdose reversal kits to employers
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts is testing out giving large employers opioid-overdose reversal kits and teaching employees how to use them, in hopes of preventing overdose deaths in both public spaces and work environments.
Dignity reports strong fiscal 2018 as it preps for merger with CHI
Dignity Health rebounded in its fiscal 2018 ended June 30, including a 132% boost in net income, as it prepares to merge with Catholic Health Initiatives.
Mandated nurse-to-patient ratios spark high costs, few savings
Massachusetts voters in November will determine whether mandated staffing ratios for registered nurses will go into effect Jan. 1. Implementing the ratios could cost providers $676 million to $949 million per year.
CVS pledges Aetna will remain in Hartford for least 10 years
Connecticut officials have received official assurances that CVS Health will keep Aetna in Hartford for at least the next decade.
Physicians’ regulatory burden worse than ever despite federal efforts
A year after the CMS started rolling back regulatory burdens on providers, medical practices describe their compliance workload as worse than ever, according to a new MGMA survey.
GOP senators scrutinize CBO’s new health insurance simulation model
In a letter that echoes the GOP tussle with the Congressional Budget Office in last year’s Obamacare repeal-replace effort, Senate Republicans want the agency to test its new health coverage simulation model by re-estimating the Affordable Care…
Editorial: Industry’s strong players merging in age of healthcare disruption
The prospect of another huge healthcare merger — this time involving two of Texas’ more prestigious hospital systems — is the surest signal yet that even the industry’s strongest players are having a difficult time navigating the rapidly…
CMS eases approval of medical devices
The CMS wants to make it easier for patients to get access to medical devices.
Incremental approach to clinical variation can net significant savings
A typical hospital spends up to 30% more than its top-performing cohort to deliver care with comparable or lower-quality outcomes. Closing just a quarter of the cost gap for select procedures can net hospitals $4 million a year.
Incremental approach to clinical variation can net significant savings
A typical hospital spends up to 30% more than its top-performing cohort to deliver care with comparable or lower-quality outcomes. Closing just a quarter of the cost gap for select procedures can net hospitals $4 million a year.
