The pioneering Pennsylvania health system has picked Ryu, who most recently served as its chief medical officer, to replace Dr. David Feinberg, who joined Google in 2018.
Category: Health Insurance
Curing Cancer: Easy Politics, Difficult Science
As the 2020 campaign season kicks off, both President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden say they’ll cure cancer. If only it were that simple.
Amazon wants to displace CVS Caremark’s mail-based drug services, court documents show
PillPack and Amazon have no immediate plans to build a PBM but have ‘explored a number of things,’ say court documents.
Oak Street Health invests only in value-based care
While the nation is going digital for services, healthcare needs a physician presence and Amazon is also expanding that strategy.
1 In 6 Insured Hospital Patients Get A Surprise Bill For Out-Of-Network Care
On average, 16% of inpatient stays and 18% of emergency visits left a patient with at least one out-of-network charge, most of those came from doctors offering treatment at the hospital, according to a study by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Machine learning is only as good as the value it brings
“We think every problem can be solved with machine learning,” says one AI and analytics expert. “That’s not the case.”
Study: Arkansas Medicaid Work Requirements Hit Those Already Employed
More than 95% of the Arkansas residents targeted by the state’s Medicaid work requirement were already working or met the criteria to be exempted from the mandate, according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Democrats, Republicans agree politics should be taken out of health policymaking
Most respondents to a public opinion survey say evidence should have "a lot of influence" on policy, but few feel it actually does.
Sen. Alexander Details His Plan To Fix Surprise Medical Bills
A legislative package from Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) would handle surprise medical bills by having insurers pay them the “median in-network rate,” meaning the rate would be similar to what the plan charges other doctors in the area for the same procedure.
Community Oncology Alliance proposes value-based alternative payment model to reduce costs
The new model aims to provide high-quality, coordinated oncology care at the same or lower cost to Medicare.
