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Hospitals Want to Delay a Key Obamacare Program
In 2011, the Obama administration settled on 32 health care systems, scattered across the country, to lead the Affordable Care Act’s most ambitious cost-control effort. These hospitals and doctors would move Medicare away from paying doctors for volume—and toward paying for value.
The group was given a name that has stuck: the pioneers. When I asked the Advisory Board’s Chas Roades to describe the group, he called them “The Lewis and Clarks of hospitals.” “They’re really exploring new territory,” says Roades, who oversees research for the hospital consulting firm.
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Source: The Washington Post
Bridging the Vaccination Gap: Insights on Global Immunization Challenges
July 30th 2024On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with Jeffery A. Goad, PharmD, MPH, 2024-2025 president of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, on the recent report from the World Health Organization and UNICEF on public immunization rates, with national and global health implications.
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5 Hot Health Care Topics in the Presidential Election
October 18th 2024A review of positions and track records of Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump on reproductive health, the future of the Affordable Care Act, prescription drug costs, health care consolidation, and a proposed Medicare home health benefit.
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Double Trouble: High-Deductible Plans Raise Maternity Care Costs Across 2 Calendar Years
June 27th 2024On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with the author of a study published in the June 2024 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® about how annual high-deductible insurance plans increase maternity care costs when pregnancies cross 2 calendar years.
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Methadone Associated With Lower Risk of Treatment Discontinuation in Opioid Use Disorder
October 17th 2024Amidst ambiguous international guidelines for first-line treatment of opioid use disorder, a new population-based study sheds light on the benefits of methadone vs buprenorphine/naloxone for holding off treatment discontinuation.
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