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The organization aligned 17 health systems to work toward decreasing Medicaid costs and improving care.
Estimates from the two health systems counter those from the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission, which said the merger would increase annual spending.
The amendment would give funding to the Department of Health and Human Services to require drug pricing in direct-to-consumer advertising.
Almost a quarter of healthcare security directors at hospitals think their facilities are unprepared for incidents involving a shooter.
The pharma industry is skating to where they know the puck is going on drug price transformation, HHS Secretary Alex Azar says.
Providers were more likely to anticipate savings than were payers, with 75 percent of provider execs foreseeing that kind of return, compared to 44 percent of payers.
Eligible consumers will be able to use their over-the-counter allowance on medications and health-related items such as first- aid supplies, support braces, and pain relievers.
Bipartisan Policy Center recommends CMS give MA plans flexibility in targeting supplemental benefits to members with chronic care conditions.
David Hoke, who focuses on healthcare for the retail giant, said he's never seen anyone code empathy and for that reason warns developers against being seduced by AI.
Electronic health records play a big part and the problem is especially prevalent in emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine and pediatrics.