What We're Reading: California Drug Price Transparency Bill Pulled
August 18th 2016What we're reading, August 18, 2016: California drug price transparency bill gets pulled; researchers work on a new opioid painkiller without the addiction; and the need for more diversity in genetic sequencing.
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What We're Reading: Hailing a Ride to the Hospital
August 16th 2016What we're reading, August 16, 2016: hospitals are partnering with ride-hailing services to get patients to their appointments; Democrats look to repeal a ban on federal funding for abortion; and Colorado will vote on a right-to-die bill this fall.
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What We're Reading: Public Health Emergency Declared in Puerto Rico Over Zika
August 15th 2016What we're reading, August 15, 2016: public health emergency declared in Puerto Rico over Zika virus; the number of local transmission infections of Zika continues to climb in Florida; and men more likely to rate their health as excellent or good compared to 2007.
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What We're Reading: Consumers in ACA Exchanges Healthier, Administration Says
August 12th 2016What we're reading, August 12, 2016: CMS announces Obamacare plans saw a healthier mix of consumers last year; the number of babies born addicted to opioids tripled in 15 years; and the Obama administration will shift funding from HHS to fight Zika.
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What We're Reading: Hospitals Are Throwing Out Organs and Refusing Transplants
August 11th 2016What we're reading, August 11, 2016: hospitals are throwing out less-than-perfect organs and refusing transplants; why an increasing reliance on hospitalists is bad for comprehensive care; and removing the roadbloack to marijuana research.
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What We're Reading: US Mortality Declines After Increasing in 2015
August 10th 2016What we're reading, August 10, 2016: mortality rate in the United States declines after 2015's increase; infant death in Texas linked to Zika virus; and Ohio colleges drop student health insurance due to Obamacare provisions.
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What We're Reading: The New Way to Price Drugs
August 9th 2016What we're reading, August 9, 2016: tying drug costs to outcomes is the future of drug pricing; Walgreens expands drug take-back kiosk program; patients with atrial fibrillation need to consult a second doctor before receiving a new medical device.
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What We're Reading: Medicare Law Notifies About Loophole in Nursing Home Coverage
August 8th 2016What we're reading, August 8, 2016: a new Medicare law would require hospitals to notify patients about loopholes in nursing home coverage; e-cigarette makers flooded the market ahead of new regulation implementation; and California bill on nurse-midwife independents causes controversy.
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What We're Reading: Anthem, Aetna Merger Lawsuits Unlikely to Be Decided by End of 2016
August 5th 2016What we're reading, August 5, 2016: judge assigned to Anthem-Cigna and Aetna-Humana cases said he would likely only rule on one by the end of 2016; aversion to late-term abortion plummets when Zika infection is a factor; and the National Institutes of Health proposes lifting ban on research funds for human-animal stem cell research.
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What We're Reading: Moving Clinical Trial Data to the Cloud
August 4th 2016What we're reading, August 4, 2016: a new startup is aiming to move clinical trial data to the cloud; Aetna is informing physicians about the opioid prescribing habits; and Florida deploys a mosquito control team to combat Zika virus.
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What We're Reading: More Than Half of Hospitals Will Be Penalized for Readmissions
August 3rd 2016What we're reading, August 3, 2016: Medicare penalties for hospital readmissions reach a new high; the importance of down-ballot races this election; and Virginia's Bureau of Insurance comes out against the Anthem-Cigna merger.
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The Risk of T2D in Individuals With Benign Adrenal Tumors
August 2nd 2016Adrenal gland tumors that are defined as being nonfunctional may not really be so, and the hormones that these tumors secrete could increase an individual’s risk of cardiometabolic irregularities, according to a new study.
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What We're Reading: Colorado Asks Sanders to Help With Its Universal Healthcare Proposal
August 1st 2016What we're reading, August 1, 2016: proponents of Colorado's proposed state universal healthcare want Bernie Sanders' help; thousands need new health coverage in Ohio and Connecticut; and the trouble with getting a patient off a prescription.
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What We're Reading: US Forms Partnership to Fight Superbugs
July 29th 2016What we're reading, July 29, 2016: a trans-Atlantic partnership has been formed to fight superbugs; the FDA halted blood collections in 2 Florida counties over Zika fears; and investigation confirms Zika cases in Florida were from local mosquitoes.
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What We're Reading: UnitedHealth, Aetna Plan to Join California's Medicaid Program
July 27th 2016What we're reading, July 27, 2016: UnitedHealth and Aetna are looking to join California's Medicaid program; the World Health Organization is considering removing transgender identity from list of mental disorders; and medical schools rethink how to treat addiction.
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