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Dr Joseph Gifford Explains the Importance of CMS Moving to Value-Based Payments
HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell's announcement that CMS would move to value-based payments was a nail in the coffin for those skeptics who believed the push for value contracting would pass, according to Joseph Gifford, MD, chief executive of the Providence-Swedish Health Alliance.
Since there have always been skeptics about accountable care organizations and managed care movement, the recent announcement from HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell that CMS would be moving to value-based payments is a big deal, according to Joseph Gifford, MD, chief executive of the Providence-Swedish Health Alliance.
The message from Secretary Burwell was a nail in the coffin for the idea that this push for value contracting was going to pass.
"And this isn't the Affordable Care Act, where there are a lot of political arguments about it," he said. "I think people recognize that this is bipartisan and it's here to stay."
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April 16th 2025Missy Hopson, PhD, Ochsner Health, discussed in detail the challenges of strengthening the patient-centered workforce, the power of community reputation for encouraging health care careers, and the influence of empowered workforces on patient outcomes.
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Personalized Care Key as Tirzepatide Use Expands Rapidly
April 15th 2025Using commercial insurance claims data and the US launch of tirzepatide as their dividing point, John Ostrominski, MD, Harvard Medical School, and his team studied trends in the use of both glucose-lowering and weight-lowering medications, comparing outcomes between adults with and without type 2 diabetes.
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Health Equity & Access Weekly Roundup: April 14, 2025
April 14th 2025From the potential impact of tariffs to the World Health Organization's year-long campaign launch focused on improving maternal and newborn health and addressing preventable deaths, here's the latest from the Center on Health Equity & Access.
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National Data Show Rising Risk, Cost of CKD in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction
April 10th 2025A series of new studies from the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meeting exhibit the association between impaired kidney function and prolonged hospital stays, higher charges, and greater resource utilization.
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