Gawande described the new company as a long target rather than an instant solution to healthcare.
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New Medicare model produces nurses to address shortage of primary care, says NEJM
Offering payment to Medicare providers allowed communities to scale up high-quality clinical training for advanced practice nurses in the settings where they’re most needed.
Tell us: What are your hospital’s top revenue cycle pain points?
Healthcare Finance wants to know what plagues your revenue cycle management the most right now and we’ll report the results back to you.
Physician shortages mean doctors have to learn to use new technologies
Telehealth and other new tools for virtual care enable doctors to see more patients and regain a semblance of control over their workflows.
9 in 10 hospitals have big IT plans in year ahead, half say insufficient funding is a concern
The more tech initiatives an organization has undertaken, the more likely they are to rate themselves ahead of the competition.
American Medical Association blasts Trump Administration’s “zero tolerance” immigrations policy
Industry association says the trauma of separating children from their parents have can lifelong negative impacts on their health.
How Does the Trump Administration Drug Pricing Blueprint Affect Medicaid?
This issue brief examines how the Trump Administration proposals to lower drug costs described in the Administration’s Blueprint affect Medicaid. These include proposals to change the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program, as well as other approaches.
Searching for Savings in Medicare Drug Price Negotiations
In response to higher drug spending growth and heightened attention to drug prices, some policymakers have proposed allowing Medicare to negotiate the price of prescription drugs. This issue brief provides a short history of this proposal, describes va…
Affordable Care Act, not economy, drives health insurance gains
Multiple reports indicate that the sizable increase in the number of Americans with healthcare coverage is mostly a result of the Affordable Care Act, rather than an uptick in the economy, according to the Associated Press.
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How Has the Health Law Affected You?
This has been a huge year for the law known as Obamacare. Tell us your story of how the health law has affected you.
