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Doug Smith, MD

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How retail medicine lost its way

If most patients are not going to exceed their deductible in a given year, they are now “consumers” and are looking for differentiators that offer fixed fee care.


Tom Kelly

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Eight changes that foretell the modernization of healthcare

We are on the verge of healthcare modernization that will transform the healthcare experience.


James R. Woods

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Liable for a data breach?

Taking reasonable preventative care is a must as healthcare breaches grow in number.


David Richardson

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What healthcare executives should know about ICD-10

Experts say the benefits of ICD-10 will far outweigh the risks. Here's why.


Saeed Aminzadeh

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Using data analytics to effectively manage populations

An active population health management program is key to improving performance, and it needs big data engagement analytics if it’s going to succeed.


Bruce Thompson, Andrew Lowe, and Reid Toda

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Fighting back against 340B criticisms

In this commentary, three pharmacy experts explain why they believe the 340B Drug Program is a needed safety net for safety net hospitals.


Justin Lanning

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Survey: Healthcare C-Suite Ready for Pop Health Management

At the recent Midas+ Annual Symposium, C-level healthcare executives were asked about their perspective on population health management. Here's what they said.


Terry Stone

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The potential effects of the proposed payer mergers

A deeper dive into the proposed payer mergers reveals how they could impact market dynamics.


Aine Cryts

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New Payment Model Improves Cancer Care at Oncology Group

CEO of a Pennsylvania-based oncology group shares how participating in a new value-based model is changing the care approach.


Scott Weighart

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Assess healthcare leadership's ability to handle a crisis

If a crisis were to suddenly arise for your organization, would your people be ready to handle it?


Bob Meyer

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Volume to value: A successful hospital's 5 best practices

Phoenix Children's Hospital's leadership team looked at how the foundational practices of accountable care could be implemented at the pediatric level. Here's what they found.


Jitin Asnaani

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Diverse health IT partnerships are critical to interoperability

As managed care leaders, better care for patients can be achieved through increased medical data exchange through diverse and collaborative organization involvement.


SPOK

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Premium Content Preview | BYOD Trends in Healthcare: 2015 Survey Data Revealed

A popular topic for hospitals right now is whether to allow employees to use their personal smartphones and tablets for staffcommunications and patient alerts. “Bring your own device” (BYOD) is a challenging issue because it encompasses so manyquestions related to an organization’s costs, security risks, IT availability, and the varying needs of different groups of staff.There is no one-size-fits all answer, and the landscape is changing rapidly as mobile strategies in healthcare mature.


Dawn Morton-Rias PA-C

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Pandemic Demands Highlight Resilience, Value of Physician Assistants

COVID-19 has applied a type of pressure on the U.S. this year that none of us have experienced in our lifetimes. Like every other segment of healthcare professionals, certified physician assistants have been put to the test during 2020.


Cindy Cooke, DNP, FNP-C, FAANP

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Ten ways NPs reduce costs, improve quality

Cindy Cooke, president of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, shares 10 ways nurse practitioners reduce healthcare costs while improving quality.


Meghan McGrath

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Assess healthcare leadership's ability to handle a crisis

If a crisis were to suddenly arise for your organization, would your people be ready to handle it?


Edmund J. Pezalla, MD, MPH

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Put drug development to work for diabetic patients

Although the diabetes pipeline is not large, we continue to have progress in meeting the unmet needs of patients with diabetes.


Kelly Rakowski

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Mend fragmented payer-provider relations: 4 tips

Payers and providers have traditionally operated on opposite sides of the tracks with limited collaboration, resulting in a disjointed and complicated experience for patients when accessing care.


Bryce Bach

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The potential effects of the proposed payer mergers

A deeper dive into the proposed payer mergers reveals how they could impact market dynamics.


Deborah Dorman-Rodriguez

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What should healthcare price transparency look like?

Health policy experts generally agree that properly tailored transparency tools can help to hold down prices. What is not settled at this point is what transparency should look like.


Nathaniel Lacktman

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Telehealth reimbursement under the microscope

In this commentary, attorney Nathaniel Lacktman shares why, in the era of payment reform, it is critical for health plans to provide telemedicine reimbursement.


Mary Claire Wohletz

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Why study international healthcare?

Those who are in decision-making roles must study how other countries address healthcare financing and delivery so as to bring the best initiatives of the studied country to the healthcare systems they oversee.


David Kaufman

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What should healthcare price transparency look like?

Health policy experts generally agree that properly tailored transparency tools can help to hold down prices. What is not settled at this point is what transparency should look like.


Craig Kasten

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Four reasons payers need to embrace the digital economy

Consumer and provider expectations have changed as a result of the digital economy. Here are four reasons why payers need to start migrating their businesses in that direction.


Amy Hampton

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Three tools for successful risk-based pharma negotiations

Biopharmaceutical manufacturers’ at-risk day is coming. Here’s how to prepare.



Scott Maratea

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Commercial payers: Don't leave money on the table

To put more risk-based dollars in the bank, payers need to master a new level of gathering and reporting on not just claims data, but clinical data as well.


Joseph M. Mack, MPA

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Meaningful Use final rule: 4 Tips for hospitals

Hospitals and physicians must be diligent in the implementation of their meaningful use business or strategic plan.



Karla Koertner, PMP

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CMS' mandatory bundled payment model: How to prepare

The Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CCJR), has organizations’ leadership wondering how they will be able to perform in such a model. Here are some tips.

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