May 9th 2025
Physician groups under 2-sided risk–based Medicare Advantage provide care associated with higher quality and efficiency compared with care by these same groups under fee-for-service Medicare.
What We're Reading: Medi-Cal Will Be Open to Children in the Country Illegally
April 4th 2016What we're reading: California will open Medi-Cal to all low-income children regardless of immigration status; Arizona governor signs bill to follow earlier FDA guidelines for abortion-inducing drug; and the loss of 2 Obamacare provisions could result in increased premiums in 2017.
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A Recommendation for Combining Smoking Cessation Intervention With Lung Cancer Screening
March 30th 2016The Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco and the Association for the Treatment of Tobacco Use and Dependence have developed a position statement recommending access to smoking cessation interventions for smokers in the high-risk group who undergo a lung cancer screen.
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What We're Reading: SCOTUS Asks for More Information in Contraception Case
March 30th 2016What we're reading, March 30, 2016: the Supreme Court asks for more information in birth control case; Americans display lack of knowledge about Zika virus; and China provides an opportunity for drugs that fail to make it to market elsewhere.
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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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What We're Reading: Obama to Unveil Measures to Combat Opioid Epidemic
March 29th 2016What we're reading, March 29, 2016: the Obama administration is expected to announce new measures to combat opioid addiction; cholesterol test results from Theranos could throw off doctors' decisions; and Republicans aren't talking as much about Obamacare on the campaign trail.
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What We're Reading: Covered California Tells IRS Thousands of Insured Were Not Covered
March 28th 2016What we're reading, March 28, 2016: Covered California mishap with insured consumers' tax forms; Ted Cruz needs to outline his Obamacare replacement plan; and Google's life sciences startup runs into trouble.
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Sync for Science - Patient-Driven Data Sharing to Promote Precision Medicine
March 25th 2016Sync for Science-a collaboration between the National Institutes of Health, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, and Harvard Medical School-will allow patients to access their own health data, which they can then share with researchers involved in the initiative.
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Dr J. Mario Molina: Medicaid, the Marketplace, and Social Determinants of Health
March 25th 2016Overall, the healthcare industry in the United States is getting better at acknowledging social determinants involved with health, but housing for Medicaid patients remains an issue, explained J. Mario Molina, MD, president and CEO of Molina Healthcare.
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What We're Reading: Congress Leaves on Spring Recess Without Zika Funding Vote
March 25th 2016What we're reading, March 25, 2016: Congress went on its spring recess without voting on Zika emergency funding; HealthCare.gov has more than 300 cybersecurity incidents; and Indiana's Medicaid expansion model has caught the attention of other conservative states.
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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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What We're Reading: Valeant Increases Aid-in-Dying Drug Price Ahead of California's New Law
March 24th 2016What we're reading, March 24, 2016: Valeant doubles the price of aid-in-dying drug; the Supreme Court seems split on contraception case; and less than 3% of Americans meet qualifications for a healthy lifestyle.
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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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What We're Reading: Obamacare, Not Economy, Drove Insurance Coverage Gains
March 22nd 2016What we're reading, March 22, 2016: the reduction of the uninsured rate was driven mostly by the Affordable Care Act, not economic recovery; heart disease rates dropped; and participation in meaningful use program declines.
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Increased Travel Burden Could Reduce Prospect of Radiation Treatment
March 21st 2016Analysis of data on nearly 27,000 patients with rectal cancer found distance from site of radiation therapy, along with a few other factors, could significantly impact the possibility of the patient receiving treatment.
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