The tool, called Destination: Health, was built from a collaboration with social services-focused software maker Unite Us and will roll across certain Aetna plans later this year.
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Seema Verma, Jared Kushner tout new physician-focused MyHealthEData project
The Blue Button API pilot, Data at the Point of Care, aims to connect clinicians with claims data, giving them deeper insights into their patients’ care history.
FTC’s $5 billion penalty for Facebook security lapses include new health privacy restrictions
The fine is the largest ever imposed on any company for violating consumers’ privacy, according to the FTC.
Healthcare’s number one financial issue is cybersecurity
The cost of a healthcare breach is about $408 per patient record and that doesn’t include the loss of business, productivity and reputation.
Democrats Favor Building On ACA Over ‘Medicare For All’
Asked to choose between building on the Affordable Care Act and replacing it with a national Medicare for All plan, 55% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents said they would expand the existing law, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation poll released Tuesday.
Senate Finance drug pricing bill faces opposition in full Senate
Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act passes in bipartisan effort in committee, but full Senate approval may mean bill modifications.
CMS proposed rule requires hospitals to make public their payer-specific negotiated charges
CMS Administrator Seema Verma says administration is not afraid of legal push-back from providers or payers.
Women and minorities underrepresented in emergency medicine, new research shows
Less than a quarter of newly certified paramedics are female, and only about 5 percent of EMTs self-identify as black.
Volume and value of healthcare mergers and acquisitions increase during second quarter
Despite the robust quarter, none of the transactions were considered "mega-deals," valued at $5 billion or more.
Primary Care First: CMS develops a value-based primary care program for independent practices
The monumental shift in health care from fee-for-service or a volume-based approach to value-based care will change health care delivery for the better in the United States. When physicians do what is necessary and avoid over-testing and procedures of…
