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Employers combat healthcare costs through HSAs, wellbeing and pharmacy benefit measures
A vast majority of employers plan to focus on employee wellbeing, clinical conditions, employee experience and health IT.
Medicare Advantage growth drives UnitedHealth’s strong earnings
Drug companies are being required to post list prices in television ads
Any such requirement would raise significant legal issues, including First Amendment concerns, PhRMA says.
How to build an effective cybersecurity strategy on a tight budget
Basic building blocks of a good information security plan can be found at lower costs than many might expect.
BPCI Advanced model attracts ‘robust’ interest of almost 1,300 providers
The top three clinical episodes selected are major joint replacement of the lower extremity, congestive heart failure, and sepsis.
Therapy dogs good for patient’s recovery, but carry risk of MRSA
Patients pickup harmful MRSA bacteria from touching dogs but stricter adherence to hand washing among solutions to eliminating the risk, study says.
Wraparound services hold promise for reducing health costs and improving outcomes
Wraparound services potentially saved $8.2 million from 2011 to 2016, based on median hospitalization costs, the authors found.
Non-fatal injuries cost healthcare $1.8 trillion annually, report shows
Medical spending, future lost work from permanent disability and quality of life losses all contributed to the substantial costs of such injuries.
Federal court to consider injunction to stop short-term plans
Salaries of hospital executives nearly doubled, while physicians see more modest increases
Between 2005 and 2015, average CEO compensation jumped from $1.6 million to $3.1 million, an increase of 93 percent.
