Weekly Roundup: Health care news and notes
October 2, 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:
- Lower blood pressure guidelines could be ‘lifesaving,’ federal study says. [New York Times]
- PCMH is a growing trend across the country because its collaborative approach delivers results. [The Tennessean]
- Margaret E. O’Kane predicts how managed care will change in 20 years. [AJMC]
- Care costs stopping fewer Americans from seeking treatment. [Pharmacy Times]
- Nearly half of readmission rate variation is linked to socioeconomic and additional factors not in risk adjustment. [JAMA]
- Telemedicine use rose from 54.5 percent in 2014 to 57.7 percent in 2015, especially for 2-way videoconferencing. [Health Care Informatics]
- An overview of NCQA’s new ratings methodology. [Health Leaders]
- Hospital-owned doctors send more patients to lower-quality, higher-cost hospitals. [Indianapolis Business Journal]
