In the News: Feb 28–Mar 7
By Sg2 TeamThis week: patient-centered approach applied to workforce; new assessment reduces cardiac-related admissions; and wireless sensors developed for NICU babies.
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This week: patient-centered approach applied to workforce; new assessment reduces cardiac-related admissions; and wireless sensors developed for NICU babies.
This week: Most of Cigna’s reimbursements now go to value-based models; Aetna partners with Apple to boost healthy living; and California workforce shortage prompts $3 billion plan.
To overcome provider access and economic workforce challenges, innovative health systems are developing tech-savvy approaches to unleash the top-of-license potential of advanced practice providers.
This week: Payment challenges to 340 payment rule continue; partnership is formed for aging population and post-acute care sites clinical platform; amount of NPs is increasing in rural and low-income...
This week: Alphabet invests $375 million in tech-focused insurance company; nearly half of millennial nurses plan to seek an advanced degree; and 93.7% of eligible children participated in Medicaid/CHIP in...
This week: US suicide rates rise; primary care practices increasingly rely on nurse practitioners; and Medicare Advantage plans have more flexibility to offer nonmedical services.
This week: Urgent care industry growth, midwife integration and quality outcomes, and microhospitals and the shift to ambulatory care
This week: Insurer consolidation trends, trends in low-value care, and health care employment projections.
This week: Staffing cost trends, surgical partnerships’ impact on costs, and PCMH elements that improve outcomes.
Much of the US faces myriad pressures pushing the supply of outpatient physicians downward and costs up. Other market-specific factors, such as lack of primary care practices or location in...
Primary care, a longstanding strategic priority for hospitals, continues to gain importance as demand increases, new payment models accelerate and emphasis on quality intensifies. How will your organization reengineer primary...