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Population Health

By Susan Morse | 10:33 am | September 06, 2018
Judge to decide whether loss of individual mandate is tied to keeping essential benefits for those with pre-existing conditions.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 02:20 pm | September 04, 2018
Be There San Diego focuses on reducing preventable morbidity and hospitalizations for heart attacks through clinical and community action efforts.
By Jeff Lagasse | 09:45 am | September 04, 2018
Breaking down data silos is becoming increasingly important as healthcare starts to manage complex diseases in new ways.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 01:48 pm | August 28, 2018
The unpopular proposal to collapse payment rates for certain office visit services could hurt physicians, other healthcare professionals that treat the sickest patients, the groups said.
By Jeff Lagasse | 11:44 am | August 28, 2018
The work will focus on challenges including behavioral health, women and infant care, substance use disorder and avoidable emergency department visits.
By Mike Miliard | 01:39 pm | August 27, 2018
Through the work of its innovationOchsner team, the Louisiana health system has developed EHR-connected digital tools to treat diabetes and hypertension.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 01:22 pm | August 27, 2018
Democratic representatives called the loss of health coverage the "perverse result that even the proponents of these new requirements should oppose."
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 10:26 am | August 17, 2018
States are required to get CMS approval for any changes they want to make to their Medicaid programs, no matter how simple.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 01:10 pm | August 09, 2018
Sufficient funding is rare and providers hold back on investing in such programs thanks to inability to quantify benefits, understand delivery of services and insurance concerns.
By Susan Morse | 04:36 pm | July 27, 2018
Hospital giving certain patients a nutrition consultation, two-day supply of fresh produce and a prescription for two refills.