by Jordana Choucair | May 13, 2022 | Payers
A new study published in the American Journal of Managed Care suggests that Medicare needs to make more home care services reimbursable for accountable care organizations (ACOs) to entice more providers to offer such care. Researchers found that roughly 25 percent of...
by Jordana Choucair | May 13, 2022 | Providers
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a report revealing that 25 percent of Medicare patients treated in acute care hospitals in 2018 experienced patient harm, 43 percent of which was likely preventable....
by Jordana Choucair | May 12, 2022 | D.C. News
The Senate rejected an effort to limit debate on legislation that would broadly expand abortion rights, a procedural move that keeps the measure from advancing. The bill’s failure comes as the Democratic Party faces enormous pressure to preserve access to abortion...
by Jordana Choucair | May 12, 2022 | M&A
Advocate Aurora Health announced it will merge with Atrium Health to form the sixth largest health system in the country. The combined organization will serve more than 5 million patients and have 67 hospitals across seven states: Illinois, Wisconsin, North Carolina,...
by Jordana Choucair | May 12, 2022 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
Provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that drug overdoses in the U.S. were deadlier than ever in 2021. Nearly 108,000 people died of drug overdoses last year, with approximately two-thirds of those deaths involving fentanyl or...
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