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For the first time, MA plans may lower cost sharing for drugs such as Naloxone, to treat opioid overdoses.
The data shows a trend toward comprehensive benefits and significant cost savings, though concerns remain, especially regarding consumer protections.
The deal is a milestone for the South Carolina public health system, as it is the first time MUSC has acquired other hospitals.
The technology is still maturing, but already can be used to make sense of social determinants data -- a must in modern care delivery.
The program used electronic "nudges" to clinical staff to forgo overnight vitals and medications as well as clinical staff education on improving patient sleep.
The AAPS recommended a number of specific solutions, including ending the safe harbor to the Medicare Anti-Kickback Statute.
The Attain program will combine members' health record data with activity tracking to offer personalized goals, with rewards that include the Apple Watch itself.
Efforts to eliminate gender disparity have cut the gap in salaries that men and women earn at Johns Hopkins, but the differences make an impact.
A microtargeting initiative used consumer data, analytics and outreach that asked toothpaste preferences, for instance.
No estimated date of completion for the deal was revealed, but the newly-combined system would be known as Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health GraniteOne.