Weekly Roundup: Health care news and notes
January 15, 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:
- Rural doctor launches startup to ease the pain of dying patients. [NPR]
- A handful of hospitals will be penalized more than 3% on most of their CMS reimbursements in 2015. [Modern Healthcare]
- Data is a potent prescription for health care innovation. [Fortune Magazine]
- Hospital quality reporting used as a leverage for hospitals to negotiate prices. [Modern Healthcare]
- Evidence continues to grow supporting the benefits of the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH). [HealthIT Analytics]
- A (global) cornucopia of clues to optimize medication use. [Health Affairs]
- Alcohol poisoning study shows need for stepped up anti-drinking efforts. [Modern Healthcare]
- Recent population health efforts are not without risks or challenges. [Modern Healthcare]
- Innovative EHR use is a gateway for developing quality improvement [EHR Intelligence]
- Patients are dangerously clueless about treatment risks and physicians are not helping. [HealthLeaders Media]
- State marketplaces are moving forward with the ACA’s quality improvement provisions despite delayed action by the federally facilitated marketplace (FFM). [CHIR Blog]
- Diabetes treatment for older patients is a tad more difficult. [New York Times]
- CMS may use new child HCAHPS to adjust Medicaid hospital pay. [Modern Healthcare]
- Health care providers can leverage data analytics and patient engagement technologies to improve outcomes. [HealthIT Analytics]
