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Insurers want to lead if CMS pilots payments for housing, social determinants of health
Insurance industry officials want the CMS to give them a leading role in any pilot progams allowing the feds to pay for housing and similar social needs of patients.
Q&A: Keck Medicine’s Jackiewicz talks expansion, embracing bundled payments
Keck Medicine of USC CEO Thomas Jackiewicz is positioning the organization to take on bundled payments, as well as to acquire new hospitals.
Pediatricians prescribe simple toys for tots, even empty boxes
Forget high-tech or flashy games. Pediatricians suggest thinking inside the box for gifts for your youngster. As in just give little Oliver or Emma an empty box. They say it inspires creativity.
When tax forms don’t tell the whole story of community benefits
Safety-net hospitals, like Mount Sinai on Chicago’s West Side, often provide a broad array of community benefit programs that aren’t adequately captured by the current tax reporting framework.
Data Points: More healthcare workers born (outside) the USA
The healthcare sector continues to lead the way in hiring. A new study found more than 16% of healthcare professionals surveyed in 2016 were born outside the U.S.
Week Ahead: CHI-Dignity set to become one
As the year comes to a close, CHI-Dignity are poised to create a mega health system. Meanwhile, in D.C., budget drama unfolds like a reality T.V. show.
Judge strikes down ACA as unconstitutional
A federal judge in Texas on Friday struck down the Affordable Care Act as unconstitutional, ruling that the law’s individual mandate could not be severed from the rest of President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare law.
Revised U.S. organ transplant policy probed by senators
Two senators told HHS Secretary Alex Azar they disagree with the recent overhaul of U.S. organ transplant policy, the first sign that Congress is interested in getting involved in the issue.
Don Berwick: Hospitals should focus more on health, less on reimbursement
At the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s 30th annual conference in Orlando, social determinants of health were the central theme in several keynote speeches and presentations. Healthcare leaders like Dr. Don Berwick called on providers to make…
Battle between Molinas forces thousands to switch doctors
Molina Healthcare is kicking former CEO Dr. J. Mario Molina’s medical practice out of its network, forcing roughly 78,000 patients to either find new doctors or switch health plans to keep their current ones.
