With value-based care, there are more incentives for providers to take SDOH factors into account, but few have a good handle on it.
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Thousands of Kaiser Permanente workers to protest on Labor Day in Oakland
The workers are protesting what they see as the healthcare giant’s unfair labor practices.
Physician pay increased in 2018 while productivity remained stagnant
Physician compensation rebounded from a stagnant 2017, but the increase in productivity was negligible.
Medicare Plan Finder gets upgrade for the first time in a decade
The new Plan Finder walks users through the Medicare Advantage and Part D enrollment process from start to finish.
More than twice as many employers than 10 years ago are planning to increase investments in employee health and wellness
Since 2016, the proportion of employers using health-related mobile apps has risen by 46%.
Confusing laws, bad actors among the challenges facing healthcare data safety and patient privacy
The legal and technological picture surrounding data is a muddy one, and the healthcare industry is scrambling to keep up.
One-third of pre-approved prescription drugs have not completed the FDA approval process
From 1992 to 2008, 36% of post-market studies had not been completed, and many took five years to even begin.
Medicare patients with multiple sclerosis bear the burden of rising drug prices
Price increases do indeed get passed down to patients, the authors found, and that can negatively impact access.
Humana Medicare Advantage members now have in-network access to eight additional McLaren Health Care hospitals in Michigan
The contract also provides additional in-network access for MA members to physicians and clinicians linked to McLaren.
California legislature passes bill requiring Kaiser Permanente to follow financial disclosure laws
The bill would require Kaiser Permanente to provide more data about the revenue and profits of individual hospitals.
