A pattern of higher performance or availability of PCMH-related functions was observed among physicians in PCMH practices compared with physicians in non-PCMH practices, regardless of practice size.

Friday, February 17, 2017

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Proposed ACA Changes Aim to Quell Health Insurers' Fears
The Trump administration's first move on Obamacare would shorten health plan enrollment periods and beef up pre-enrollment eligibility verification.
Survey Data Paint Picture of PCMH Docs
A pattern of higher performance or availability of PCMH-related functions was observed among physicians in PCMH practices compared with physicians in non-PCMH practices, regardless of practice size. From MedPage Today.
 

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Variations exist in the volume of hip and knee replacement procedures among hospitals that participated in a Medicare bundled payment program, but the program was not was responsible for those variations, researchers say.
 

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House GOP leaders outline plan to replace Obamacare
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Source: Washington Post
Steward to buy eight CHS hospitals
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Source: Miami Herald
Microsoft takes another crack at healthcare
Source: Bloomberg
U.S. government sues UnitedHealth over Medicare charges
Source: Reuters
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Cincinnati physician group, med school end formal affiliation
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