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@modrnhealthcr
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3 years
The University of Pennsylvania Health System announced that all employees and clinical staff will be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Sept. 1.
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A study co-authored by billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban found significant discrepancies in price estimates for hospital services, depending on how patients sought them.
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6 years
A new venture capital firm co-led by former CMS Administrator Andy Slavitt will seek to invest in healthcare technology and service companies that deliver innovative care to low-income, high-needs populations. @ASlavitt #medicare #medicaid
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A study co-authored by billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban found significant discrepancies in price estimates for hospital services, depending on how patients sought them.
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6 years
#BREAKING : Dr. Atul Gawande to lead Amazon, JPMorgan, Berkshire healthcare venture
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2 years
Hospitals need sterile medical devices and supplies to treat patients. But the companies that sterilize these products use a chemical that can expose communities to heightened cancer risk. Watch more here and read the full story from @karahartnett :
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5 years
#BREAKING : In a big health policy setback for the Trump administration, the Medicaid work requirement waivers in Kentucky and Arkansas will be sent back to the agency for reconsideration.
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4 years
We are excited to introduce our newest team member, Ginger Christ, post-acute care and staffing reporter at Modern Healthcare! Always on the hunt for a good story, find her @GChristCLE and follow her work here:
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The rule has major implications for the healthcare industry, which relies on ethylene oxide to sterilize medical devices and equipment, @karahartnett writes.
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5 years
Rep. Debbie Dingell promised her late husband she would secure universal coverage for the U.S. And that's what she plans to do.
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3 years
CoxHealth, which serves patients in southwestern Missouri and northwestern Arkansas, has gone from having approximately 20 patients a day hospitalized for COVID-19 related illnesses in May to more than 100 by July.
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5 years
Kaiser’s CEO Bernard Tyson was one of the most prominent healthcare executives and a leader of healthcare reform.
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7 years
Price has said healthcare reform should allow states to choose if they want to charge women more for coverage
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"Growing up in a violent neighborhood not only erodes any sense of safety or security, it alters your brain chemistry." Read @ChrisMurphyCT 's unfiltered latest:
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6 years
When offered a pay raise, hundreds of Quebec doctors say: No thanks. Give it to nurses instead.
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One 'Dreamer' vows to finish med school in the face of DACA chaos
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5 years
. @AmerMedicalAssn has hired its first chief health equity officer to launch a new program addressing health disparities in the U.S. and working toward optimal health for all. @DrAlethaMaybank
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7 years
ICYMI: It's been a busy news week, so we're recapping some of our most popular stories of the week. Follow this thread for the highlights...
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7 years
Trump declares the opioid crisis a public health emergency but won't dedicate more money to fight.
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3 years
Over the past year, 42% of LGBTQ+ youth seriously considered suicide and 94% said recent politics negatively impacted their mental health, according to a new report from the Trevor Project.
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@modrnhealthcr
Modern Healthcare
6 years
Telehealth is changing from something providers consider cool to something they consider essential.
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2 years
Welcome to veteran journalist, executive and strategic thinker Mary Ellen Podmolik, Modern Healthcare’s new editor! @mepodmolik spent more than 15 years at the Chicago Tribune and other publications as a journalist and newsroom executive.
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@modrnhealthcr
Modern Healthcare
7 years
. @ASlavitt to join the Bipartisan Policy Center
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3 years
BREAKING: The Senate approved President Joe Biden's nominee to lead CMS, Chiquita Brooks-LaSure.
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5 years
Outliers: What's at the intersection of health policy and adorable pets? The furry friends behind the researchers and journalists @KaiserFamFound and @KHNews who are the stars of Twitter accounts @KFFDogs and @KFFCats .
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7 years
Venture capital's bold move into population health
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Telemedicine is expanding across the country, changing from something providers and patients consider cool to something they consider essential. #telehealth #telemedicine #MHRuralHealth
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#BreakingBias : "I myself am a native Croatian, with stops along the way in Zurich, Boston, Abu Dhabi and Cleveland." President and CEO @ClevelandClinic @TomMihaljevicMD says #diversityandinclusion in #healthcare cannot be left to chance.
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7 years
Humana has 85% of their MA population in value-based care and has seen costs decrease by 19%.
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6 years
Modern Healthcare's Top 25 Minority Executives in Healthcare are making a difference in the industry and their communities. #MHTopMinority
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3 years
The long-term care system is failing to meet the needs of the current population. It's fragmented, expensive and often inaccessible for low-and-middle income aging adults and people with disabilities.
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Modern Healthcare
7 years
Congratulations to the 2017 Top 25 Women in Healthcare! View the full list of honorees: #MHTopWomen
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#BREAKING : #Senate fails to pass 'skinny' #ACA repeal bill #SkinnyRepeal
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7 years
Anthem will no longer pay for outpatient MRIs and CT scans in hospitals nationwide.
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6 years
Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase are teaming up to form a healthcare company to serve their U.S. workers. @MarcHarrisonMD of @Intermountain on the potential disruption:
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3 years
Adults ages 60 and older were recommended to not begin taking aspirin because the task force found the benefits it brought in preventing heart disease were not enough to offset its risks of causing internal bleeding.
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8 years
Mount Sinai CEO says 'no layoffs' in the rebirth of Beth Israel
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3 years
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is considering changing recommendations on aspirin use to prevent heart disease and stroke.
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6 years
U.S. healthcare's world-leading spending is driven by high prices, not greater utilization.
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The American Nurses Association has partnered with hospitality company Sodexo and the Medical University of South Carolina to provide healthier food options to nurses.
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5 years
The executives named to this year's listing of the Top 25 Women Leaders illustrate how a more diverse leadership team can improve performance, both clinically and financially.
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4 years
The largest publicly traded health insurers grew profits by a combined 66% in 2019, driven by the massive mergers and acquisitions several of them completed the year before.
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Modern Healthcare
6 years
Geisinger to perform DNA sequencing as routine care
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6 years
Google's parent company, Alphabet, is exploring avenues to plunge deeper into healthcare including becoming an insurance company and developing artificial intelligence and machine learning-based medical tools.
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Modern Healthcare
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Senate panel will push HHS to delay Stage 3 #meaningfuluse rules: http://t.co/YfpuQ12SxH
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3 years
The new recommendations only apply to adults who do not currently take daily aspirin to prevent heart disease. Patients already taking daily aspirin should talk with their clinician, reports @MHSjohnson .
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Modern Healthcare
4 years
The American College of Physicians has expressed openness to a single-payer system before, but this is the first time the group has explicitly recommended a transition to single-payer. #healthcare #M4A
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Modern Healthcare
8 years
What better way to increase employee retention & satisfaction than to be named a Best Place to Work in Healthcare?
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5 years
#BREAKING : The @CMSGov may allow hospitals to pay for housing through Medicaid
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4 years
More than half of #COVID -19 patients showed some form of heart damage in scans after their illness, according to a recent study that adds to mounting evidence showing the virus may cause cardiac injury.
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3 years
Doctors who spread misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines risk losing not just their medical licenses, but their board certifications as well, according to a warning from three prominent specialty medical boards.
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7 years
#BREAKING : House votes 242-174 to continue CHIP funding
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6 years
Allen: If we want to reduce the burden on EDs, we must invest in pediatric mental healthcare.
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4 years
Clinicians have mostly focused on identifying and treating #sepsis in adults because it occurs more often and is generally more dangerous. But there is a growing recognition that children are also at risk. #healthcare
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4 years
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government's top-infectious disease expert, said the results suggesting 90% effectiveness are "just extraordinary," adding: "Not very many people expected it would be as high as that." #COVID19
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6 years
Kaiser invests $200 million to fight homelessness
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For the third time in four years, chief executives in the healthcare field led the S&P 500 in terms of total compensation. #healthcare #CEOs
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7 years
Honor an outstanding women healthcare leader by nominating her as one of the Top 25 Women in Healthcare! #MHTopWomen
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“I don’t remember a day I haven’t run in the last 50 years. I also don’t remember ever being sick in my adult life.” The 70-year-old Cedars-Sinai Medical Center physician competed his 100th marathon. @CedarsSinai
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@modrnhealthcr
Modern Healthcare
8 years
Innovators and healthcare providers moving at different speeds when it comes to adoption of new technologies: #jpm16
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"Leadership should not only reflect the community that it's serving, it should also reflect the workforce that's supporting it." CEO of UVA Medical Center, Pamela Sutton-Wallace is Modern Healthcare's Top 25 Women Leaders. @UVAhealthnews @CEOPamUVA
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CMS wants docs to spend more time on patients, less on paperwork
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8 years
Rural hospitals often provide better quality care than their urban counterparts: CMS
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Trump's planned immigrant healthcare rule could hurt providers' work with low-income populations
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Sen. Claire McCaskill is taking on insurance giant Anthem over its controversial policy to deny coverage for emergency department treatment for cases that are later determined not to have been an emergency.
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Population health management now one of the top 6 fields in healthcare attracting new $ from venture capital firms
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The American Medical Association is calling on the country's largest social media and internet technology companies to take action to combat vaccine misinformation on their platforms. @AmerMedicalAssn @amazon @facebook @twitter @Google
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6 years
#BREAKING : The CMS on Thursday proposed paying doctors for virtual visits and overhauling Medicare billing standards it has had in place since the 1990s. @CMSGov #Telehealth #Medicare
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6 years
Hospitals redesign facilities and their approach to care as execs focus on the consumer experience.
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7 years
Our 2017 list of 50 Most Influential Physician Executives and Leaders is out! See the full list: #physicians
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4 years
"Sachin has a deep passion for improving the health and wellness of older adults that is truly inspiring," said Francesca Ruiz de Luzuriaga, chairperson of SCAN's Board of Directors. @sacjai #healthcare
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@modrnhealthcr
Modern Healthcare
8 years
Meet the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare for 2016 in our gallery! #mhmostinfluential
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Prominent healthcare leaders share real-world lessons on trends in healthcare marketing. Oct. 29 Chicago. #MHmktg http://t.co/wTbkIvHPon
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Our 2017 list of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare is out: See who made the list! #MHmostinfluential
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The CEO of @ChildrensLA , where Billy had his surgery, recently wrote about prioritizing healthcare access for kids:
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My wife and I welcome a new baby and it is quite a story...
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Are Joint Commission 'Top Performers' enjoying grade inflation? http://t.co/PZGgT4UfzL
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Amazon is on the healthcare industry's doorstep.
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More states have begun questioning Aetna's prior-authorization practices in the wake of a former Aetna medical director's admission that he never reviewed patient medical records when deciding whether to pay for treatment.
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#BREAKING : Senate Republicans pull plug for now on #GrahamCassidybill
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Healthcare industry giants pledge to ease interoperability, #EHR use: #HIMSS16
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Independent pharmacists in New York are calling for a state investigation into the practices of pharmacy benefit managers. They blame the PBMs for forcing owners to close up shop.
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About 44% of doctors reported a symptom of burnout in 2017, down from 2014 when 54% of doctors reported burnout, a new survey of physicians from @AmerMedicalAssn found.
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BREAKING: Healthcare spending growth rate rises again in 2015
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