Ambulatory Care
Decision by states not to expand Medicaid, lack of dental and vision coverage even for the insured keep clinic demand strong.
Ambulatory healthcare businesses, which include outposts like doctors offices, dentists offices, outpatient centers and clinics among others, added 18,500 jobs in the month.
Facilities that do not meet total performance scores will see up to a 2 percent reduction in the quality incentive program.
Cost savings are further bolstered by avoiding unnecessary surgeries and achieving lower rates of expensive complications.
Rhode Island, where more than 1,000 people have died from painkiller or heroin overdoses since 2009, is taking the lead.
February poll of 618 Colorado physicians before the ballot measure was proposed found support within group for physician-assisted death in general.
Naltrexone and acamprosate are the two drugs on the market for patients with alcohol cravings.
Others par8o clients include MGM Resorts in Las Vegas, The William F. Ryan Community Health Network, Dignity Health, and St. Joseph Health System in Anaheim, California.
Health centers and emergency departments are experimenting with a variety of programs that aim to divert patients with dental complaints into specialty clinics.
Clinics like those at CVS and Walmart move toward more population health and chronic disease management services.