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No Time for Brevity
A new study finds that EMRs are the major contributor to a major raise in physician burnout.
READ MORE »Passivity and Price Finding
A group of six senators float a draft bill for the first national legislation on OON surprise billing.
READ MORE »Weapons of Mass Disclosure
The failed contract negotiations between UnitedHealthcare and Envision, the giant ER staffing company, sets up a major issue come the beginning of the year.
READ MORE »Caught in the Fight
As the industry grapples with physicians who provide hospital care, but are not in network, a personal story puts a fine point on the policy question.
READ MORE »Chugging Away
Two major healthcare mergers are nearing the end of the necessary regulatory approvals and are on track to close soon.
READ MORE »Electrocution Warning
We are early in our understanding how to integrate traditional medical care with the management of social factors; physicians entering into value-based risk arrangements should exercise caution.
READ MORE »Spare Parts
Early innovations in addressing social determinants of health taking place in managed Medicare and Medicaid plan show how long and hard this road will be.
READ MORE »Big Hearts and Panty Hose
The increasing transfer of financial risk to payers and providers is bringing the consideration of ‘social determinants of health’ to the forefront.
READ MORE »Looking for Big Foot
A new study from Navigant reaffirms that health systems are facing financial headwinds that do not appear to be abating any time soon.
READ MORE »Florence and Nirmal
Nostrum Pharmaceuticals raises the price on an antibiotic mixture by over 400% and its CEO defends the decision as ‘morally right.’
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