Weekly Roundup: Health care news and notes
April 17, 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:
- Nearly half of all preschoolers with ADHD are on medication. [The Washington Post]
- Communities and health leaders can harness data to build Culture of Health. [Robert Wood Johnson Foundation]
- Study: PCMH associated with improved cancer screening rates – especially in lower socioeconomic areas. [JAMA]
- Closing the rural health connectivity gap: how broadband funding can better improve care. [Health Affairs]
- Limiting doctors’ device choices tied to lower costs, better outcomes. [Modern Health Care]
- Ritual, not science, keeps the annual physical alive. [Kaiser Health News]
- It’s time to sustain the momentum that’s transforming how we pay for and deliver care. [Robert Wood Johnson Foundation]
- Hospital Medicine: Flexible schedule for better patient care. [Health Leaders]
- Since 2006 wages have grown 23 percent while deductibles have risen 108 percent. [Wall Street Journal]
- Online payment portal eases hospital collections. [Modern Health Care]
- Measuring the value of surgery in the pay-for-performance era. [Health Leaders]
- Report criticizes vendors for making it costly to share patient information. [Wall Street Journal]
- Poll: Rate of uninsured Americans drops to 11.9 percent. [Wall Street Journal]
- Socioeconomic risk adjustment divides issuers, industry. [Health Care Drive]
- Will private health insurance exchanges overtake affordable care act exchanges? [Bloomberg]
- A vision for health care: Better integration that yields higher quality, less waste. [New Jersey Business]
- Tobacco control and the PCMH: Tobacco resources offer context for building a tobacco-free future. [American Academy of Family Physicians]
