Weekly Roundup: Health care news and notes
July 10, 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:
- High-deductible plans change how hospitals interact with patients. [Modern Healthcare]
- Legal challenges remain for health law. [The New York Times]
- NCQA’s Michael Barr discusses the Medical Home Neighborhood in the Chesapeake Physician cover story. [Chesapeake Physician]
- Maryland hospitals save $100 million in Medicare cost under new payment system. [The Baltimore Sun]
- Replacing doctor’s visits with apps could save us $104 billion a year. [Business Insider]
- Who controls the data? U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear this health care case. [Modern Healthcare]
- Health IT boosts care coordination in patient-centered medical homes. [HER Intelligence]
- Virtual reality simulations offer potential for breakthrough in preventive care. [The Wall Street Journal]
- Choosing wisely-inspired EHR protocols cuts wasteful care. [Modern Healthcare]
- Aging Doctors: Is it time for mandatory competency testing? [MedPage Today]
- Health IT is underused in care coordination, research finds. [HealthLeaders Media]
- High-deductible plans, less chronic disease care. [Modern Healthcare]
- Should I get tested for cancer? [The Atlantic]
- Primary care providers ordered fewer preventive services for women with Medicaid versus those with private coverage. [Health Affairs]
