Laura is the vice president of content for The American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC®) and all its brands, including The American Journal of Accountable Care®, Evidence-Based Oncology™, and The Center for Biosimilars®. She has been working on AJMC® since 2014 and has been with AJMC®’s parent company, MJH Life Sciences®, since 2011.
She has an MA in business and economic reporting from New York University. You can connect with Laura on LinkedIn or Twitter.
Report Highlights Gaps in Nation's Ability to Respond to Disease Outbreaks
December 23rd 2014The Ebola outbreak exposed some serious gaps in the nation's ability to manage severe infectious disease threats with half of the country scoring low on key indicators related to preventing, detecting, diagnosing, and responding to outbreaks.
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More Than Half of Eligible Professionals Facing Penalties Under Meaningful Use Program
December 18th 2014In the next several weeks more than 257,000 physicians and other healthcare providers will receive notification that 1% of their pay next year will be penalized for failing to meet meaningful use, CMS announced Wednesday.
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Patients in Consumer-Driven Health Plans More Involved in Their Healthcare
December 17th 2014Although just 15% of the US population is enrolled in a consumer-driven health plan, these individuals are more involved in their healthcare, according to a new report from the Employee Benefit Research Institute.
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HHS Rewards States for Efforts to Transform Care
December 17th 2014States designing and testing healthcare payment and service delivery models to improve quality of care and lower costs will be receiving more than $665 million in funding from the government, according to HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell.
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Tennessee Announces Medicaid Expansion Option
December 15th 2014Tennessee became the latest Republican-led state to gain approval for a Medicaid expansion option when Gov Bill Haslam unveiled the Insure Tennessee plan Monday morning. There are just 20 states left that have not expanded Medicaid.
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Monitoring Drug Safety in the Age of Big Data
December 14th 2014Healthcare databases may allow for greater access to real-world medical data, but they can become a risk to patients and healthcare systems if they are not considered carefully, according to a study published in Current Epidemiology Reports.
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Influence of Socioeconomic Status, Race on 30-Day Readmission Rates
December 11th 2014A new report has validated concerns that CMS readmission penalty models do not factor in socioeconomic and race factors and therefore unfairly penalize hospitals caring for low-income, uninsured, and vulnerable populations.
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States Offer Poor Access for Medicaid Managed Care Networks, OIG Report Finds
December 10th 2014As Medicaid enrollment grows under the program's expansion, there are not enough providers to serve the increased amounts of enrollees, according to a new report from the Office of the Inspector General that measured the availability of specific providers in Medicaid managed care networks.
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Americans Dread Health Insurance Shopping Despite Exchange Improvement
December 9th 2014The federal government may have made strides to improve the health insurance exchanges since last year's open enrollment, but a majority of Americans view shopping for health insurance as just as bad as or worse than doing their taxes.
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Federal Health IT Strategic Plan Outlines 5 Key Goals
December 8th 2014The updated federal health information technology strategic plan is an attempt to collect, share, and use interoperable health information to improve care; enhance individual, community, and public health; and advance research.
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Financial Incentives Top Motivation for EHR Adoption
December 6th 2014Financial incentives and the need to share patient information are the top motivations for physicians adopting electronic health records, according to a data brief from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
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Despite Large Investments, HIE Research Shows Few Positive Outcomes
December 4th 2014Health information exchange (HIE) use is increasing in the US, but other than reducing emergency department usage and costs, little else is known about the effect of HIEs on other outcomes, according to a new study from RAND.
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Integrated Health Benefits Plans Gaining Attention
December 2nd 2014Employers and employees are seeing eye-to-eye when it comes to integrated health benefits. Not only do employees see how an integrated plan can improve quality of care and health, but employers see how it makes good business sense.
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