Weekly Roundup: Health care news and notes
April 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:
- Why health care price transparency isn’t enough for consumers. [Wall Street Journal]
- How much does cancer cost? [NPR Health]
- Many people entitled to hefty subsidies still opt against coverage. [Kaiser Health News]
- Exchanges struggle to enroll consumers as income increases. [Avalere]
- The healing power of your own medical records. [New York Times]
- Overall death rates from cancer declined. [Reuters]
- Pay for performance extends to health care in experiment in New York. [New York Times]
- Ten things a practice needs to be a successful PCMH. [Physicians Practice]
- Income distribution alone won’t reduce disparities in health outcomes. [Modern Health Care]
- Will employer-sponsored health insurance fade away? [Brookings Institute]
- Making Health IT lead patient engagement improvements. [EHR Intelligence]
- Patient quality: Minding the P’s and Q’s of health care. [The Hill]
