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Beth Israel Deaconess, Lahey Health executives counter their combination’s cost-raising concerns
Health system and hospital executives involved in the proposed Beth Israel-Lahey merger claim the deal’s savings would eclipse any price increases, contrary to the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission’s findings.
Facebook, NYU join together to speed up MRIs
With the collaboration, Facebook and NYU aim to advance the field of artificial intelligence. They will start by speeding up MRIs with the hope that faster imaging will increase access.
Black opioid pain patients get tested more frequently than whites for illicit drug use, study shows
Clinicians are more likely to test black patients receiving opioid therapy for illicit drug use than white patients and are quicker to discontinue their opioid treatments when they test positive, according to a new study.
States get leftover ACA funds to promote exchange flexibility
The CMS is distributing unspent Obamacare funds to support the marketplaces in 30 states and D.C., with an emphasis on exchange flexibility.
Virtual-reality simulations offer medical residents hands-on practice
Virtual reality is emerging in healthcare as a high-tech solution to problems as varied as training doctors, reducing medical errors and helping patients manage pain.
DMC outpatient pharmacy plan with Walgreens encounters problems
When Detroit Medical Center sold its seven hospital outpatient pharmacies to Walgreens Co. earlier this year, DMC pharmacy managers warned that Walgreens at DMC had no contractual relationship with several major insurers for hundreds of DMC patients.
Nearly 20% of Medicare radiation therapy planning payments were improper, OIG says
An HHS watchdog found hospitals wrongly billed Medicare for up to $25 million in cancer treatments, accounting for a nearly 25% bump in their bundled payments.
Trump proves to be the disrupter in chief
Politics aside, President Donald Trump’s broad impact on the entire industry earned the top spot on 2018’s Most Influential Person in Healthcare ranking.
How the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare 2018 were chosen
“Disruption” has become the word of the year and our 17th annual ranking of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare aims to reflect the changes that are taking hold across the industry.
Disrupters dominate Modern Healthcare’s 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare
A small group of executives, along with President Donald Trump, are working to break healthcare out of the status quo.
