Weekly Roundup: Health care news and notes
May 8, 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:
- Rehab facilities in line for Medicare raise – and must report quality data to get it. [Modern Health Care]
- More docs report quality and e-prescribe, but many prefer penalty. [Modern Health Care]
- Addiction research and care collide with federal privacy rules. [New York Times]
- NCQA president Margaret E. O’Kane on the shift from fee-for-service toward pay-for-performance. [Modern Health Care]
- BPC recommends America’s health care delivery system adopt evidence-based quality measures. [Bipartisan Policy Center]
- The doctor-patient relationship is changing is going electronic. [The Washington Post]
- The uninsured rate among Latinos has declined for the first time in decades. [Commonwealth Fund]
- Making information power: Psychiatrists unveil a new resource for patients. [Kaiser Health News]
- Merging practices into an ACO a tricky business. [Health Leaders]
- More CPR, worse outcomes for dialysis patients. [Med Page Today]
- EHR adoption, health IT use improve patient safety, ONC says. [HIT Analytics]
- People on Medicaid turn to hospital care when doctor access is limited, new survey suggests. [Wall Street Journal]
- The doctor will video chat with you now: insurer covers virtual visits. [NPR Health]
