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LAS VEGAS - The Staten Island Performing Provider System is running into all of the challenges inherent in implementing a value-based model for Medicaid payment reform in New York State.
LAS VEGAS -- Technological innovation is used often in healthcare to improve patient outcomes, but when it comes to children, aggregating data at the individual and population level is critical, said Stephen Quirk, CEO of Youth Emergency Services and Shelter in Des Moines, Iowa, and Larry Seltzer, general manager and senior director of Netsmart, in a presentation at HIMSS16 on Wednesday.
UCLA has sold its royalty interest connected with a leading prostate cancer medication, Xtandi, the development of which was based on discoveries by campus researchers, for just over $1 billion, UCLA announced over the weekend.
LAS VEGAS - Newly expanded health IT vendor CPSI has introduced nTrust, a program designed to help community hospitals and skilled nursing facilities improve financial operations while moving into an electronic health records system with no upfront costs, CPSI said. The vendor unveiled the program last week at the 2016 Annual HIMSS Conference and Exhibition.
Olympus Corp. of America, the largest distributor of endoscopes and related equipment has agreed to pay $623.2 million to resolve criminal charges and civil claims stemming from a kickback scheme involving doctors and hospitals. Their Latin America subsidiary, Olympus Latin America, will pay $22.8 million to settle related charges, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced earlier this month.
GOP frontrunner says reforms will help 'make America great again.'
About half participate in some type of an alternative payment model.
The Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment Program has as its goal to reduce avoidable hospital use by 25 percent over the next five years.
Referral management technology vendor par8o Inc. has announced at HIMSS16 that it has expanded its relationship with WellHealth Quality Care, Nevada's first accountable care network.
Technological innovation is used often in healthcare to improve patient outcomes, but when it comes to children, aggregating data at the individual and population level is critical, said Stephen Quirk, CEO of Youth Emergency Services and Shelter in Des Moines, Iowa, and Larry Seltzer, general manager and senior director of Netsmart, in a presentation at HIMSS16 on Wednesday.