Weekly Roundup: Health care news and notes
May 29, 2015 · NCQA
Every Friday NCQA gives a rundown of some of the health care news stories from the past week. Here are some of our picks for this week:
- Multibillion-dollar investment needed to fight drug-resistant ‘superbugs’. [Wall Street Journal]
- Cost of obesity could total 1.1 trillion dollars as population grows. [Modern Healthcare]
- American Board of Pediatrics will now award 40 part 4 Maintenance of Certification (MOC) points for establishing an NCQA PCMH. [American Board of Pediatrics]
- A prescription for mental health in America from Lloyd I. Sederer, MD. [Huffington Post]
- Study: One in four Americans who got insurance still can’t afford medical care. [Washington Times]
- Nursing home quality star ratings, nationally and by state. [Kaiser Family Foundation]
- New core measure report by the Institute of Medicine puts population health in the spotlight. [Dorland Health]
- Patients are encouraged to become engaged in their health care, but they can’t unless providers give them the tools. [Health Leaders]
- Doctors and patients should have thoughtful discussions about the benefits and harms of cancer screening. [LA Times]
- How to deliver true quality care: Seven actions doctors can take. [Forbes]
- Study links antibiotic overuse to diagnostic mistakes. [Modern Healthcare]
- Hospitals offer patients easier ways to deal with big health care bills. [Modern Healthcare]
- Doctors may not fully explain risks of common heart procedure. [Reuters]
- Medicaid expansion helps cut rate of older, uninsured adults from 12 to 8 percent. [Kaiser Health News]
- California hospital networks narrower in marketplace, but access and quality are similar. [Health Affairs]
- How a childhood vaccine reduces risk of a cancer. [New York Times]
