In the News: Mar 22–29
By Sg2 TeamThis week: The utility of wearables for cardiac patients, physician group acquisitions by insurers due to Medicare Advantage and youth suicide rates
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This week: The utility of wearables for cardiac patients, physician group acquisitions by insurers due to Medicare Advantage and youth suicide rates
This week: Asthma mortality and care management; Amazon, JP Morgan and Berkshire Hathaway’s health care company; and payment rate increases for Medicare Advantage plans
This year’s flu season has been particularly bad, with the CDC officially stating that it has reached “epidemic” levels. Unfortunately, as has been widely reported, this year’s flu shot was...
This week: 4 health systems form a drug company, ACOs eligible to earn more with downside risk and recent flu trends from the CDC
Read on for Sg2's take on an objective, data-driven approach to service distribution.
This week: community partnerships, Medicaid work requirements and Maryland’s All-Payer Hospital Model extended
Recently NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital announced that it will be partnering with Walgreens to offer virtual health services in select Walgreens. The services will be provided via the Walgreens website and at...
This week: prepregnancy weight trends; social determinants and population health variation; and insurer participation in ACA marketplaces
As health care organizations evolve and focus more on wellness, disease prevention and care coordination, some have integrated women’s health and breast cancer services into a comprehensive breast care program...
For too long, health systems have exploited only a fraction of the potential value available through economies of scale. Scale historically has amounted strictly to the financial levers of reduced...
As virtual health has continued to gain traction the market and become increasingly a mainstream modality of care delivery, many have pointed toward Mississippi as an example of how virtual...
This week: AI enhancing colonoscopy, observation care and out-of-pocket costs, Medicare Payment Model results.