Dr James Whitfill: Coordinating Care on a Virtual and Physical Level
April 8th 2016Scottsdale Health Partners has improved coordinated care on both a physical and a virtual level through the creation of a secure texting connection for real-time collaboration, James Whitfill, MD, chief medical officer of Scottsdale Health Partners, explained at the National Association of Accountable Care Organizations’ Spring 2016 Conference.
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Dr Karen van Caulil on Florida's Attempts to Improve Healthcare Cost Transparency
April 5th 2016Florida has not been very good with healthcare cost transparency in the past, but there have been many new programs and tools introduced in order to remedy that, explained Karen van Caulil, PhD, president and CEO of the Florida Health Care Coalition.
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Dr Steven Pearson Discusses Increased Scrutiny on Drug Pricing
March 30th 2016As more attention has been drawn to high-cost drugs, the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review has introduced a focus on drug pricing in its reports, explained Steve Pearson, MD, MSc, FRCP, founder and president of ICER.
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Dr Julia Adler-Milstein Worries About Competing Demands With Patient Data Access
March 29th 2016Getting patients access to their own data is a good thing that will increase engagement, but it is important that improving access to data will create cohesive care for the patient and not lead to fragmentation, said Julia Adler-Milstein, PhD, assistant professor at the School of Information and the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan.
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Sarah Lueck: Touted Benefits of Insurer Mergers Yet to Be Proven
March 28th 2016Insurer consolidation results primarily in higher premiums, and that the advocated benefits of these mergers has yet to be proven, according to Sarah Lueck, senior policy analyst from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
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Dr Karen van Caulil: Involving Community and Employers Is Important in Healthcare
March 24th 2016Experts say it all the time: healthcare is local. That makes it really important to involve employers and local communities that know best the challenges consumers face, said Karen van Caulil, PhD, president and CEO of the Florida Health Care Coalition.
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Bruce Gilbert: Nevada Saved $1.2M by Having a State Exchange
March 23rd 2016Bruce Gilbert, executive director of the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange in Nevada explains how the exchange has targeted a more specific audience for enrollment and how the state has benefited from having a state exchange.
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Daniel J. Klein Explains How PAN Reduces Barriers to Care
March 17th 2016The financial assistance the Patient Access Network (PAN) Foundation provides patients is an important part of the safety net and happens in a way that doesn't influence how patients get treatment or what products they use, explained Daniel J. Klein, president and CEO of PAN.
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Dr Niteesh Choudhry Explains the Impact of HDHPs
March 13th 2016When employers only offer high-deductible health plans, they reduce costs by reducing utilization. However, consumers reduce their use of essential as well as nonessential services, which is sub-optimal for their long-term health, explained Niteesh Choudhry, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.
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Chip Kahn Is Cautious About Part B Demonstration
March 11th 2016The newly proposed Medicare Part B payment demonstration met immediate criticism from some in the healthcare industry. Chip Kahn, president and CEO of the Federation of American Hospitals, is also very hesitant about the demonstration and worries that it might be premature.
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Dr Lonny Reisman Outlines the Benefits of Health IT for Patients With Chronic Conditions
March 11th 2016Improved health technologies will help physicians better monitor patients with chronic conditions so that those patients can receive more effective care and will help build a bridge between what has been reported as effective in literature and applying it to the patient, explained Lonny Reisman, MD, founder and CEO of HealthReveal.
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Dr Tricia Neuman on the Call to Let Medicare Negotiate Drug Prices
March 8th 2016The idea to let Medicare negotiate drug prices has been kicked around for years, but a number of forces have prevented any legislation from being passed, explained Tricia Neuman, ScD, director of the Kaiser Family Foundation's Program on Medicare Policy and the Project on Medicare's Future.
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Dr Joseph Kvedar: Medical Leadership Needs to Take Lead on New Technologies
March 7th 2016Joseph C. Kvedar, MD, vice president of Connected Health at Partners HealthCare, stresses the importance of medical leadership in promoting mHealth and telemedicine in order to get physicians comfortable with these new technologies.
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Dr Steven Pearson Outlines the Goals of ICER's Drug Assessment Program
March 6th 2016The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) created a new drug assessment program with the goal of changing how drugs are priced and evaluated, according to Steven Pearson, MD, MSc, FRCP, founder and president of ICER.
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Robin Wright King Discusses Helping Consumers Understand Complex Health Plans
March 4th 2016Health plans are complex and in order to help members better understand their plans, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts is offering more tools from start to finish and obtaining more member input, said Robin Wright King, MBA, director of CDH Product Management at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts.
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Dr Eric Schneider Discusses Impact of Health Technology and Remaining Barriers
March 3rd 2016Health technology innovations are transforming the way healthcare is being delivered, but there remain a variety of barriers when it comes to sharing data, said Eric C. Schneider, MD, MSc, senior vice president for policy and research at The Commonwealth Fund.
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Tabatha Dragonberry Highlights the Value of Attending the ACO Coalition Live Meeting
March 2nd 2016The value of the ACO & Emerging Healthcare Delivery Coalition live meetings is the information exchange that happens among organizations that are all looking at the same problem but from different angles, said Tabatha Dragonberry.
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Dr Georges Benjamin: Healthcare Diversity Has to Start at the Very Top
March 1st 2016Starting at the very top, with boards and management is one way that healthcare institutions can better diversify their workforce, and doing so will make health equity achievable, said Georges Benjamin, MD, executive director of the American Public Health Association.
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