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Innovation
Rethinking the Care Coordination Strategy
Hospitals like Magnolia Regional Health Center are adding nurse navigators to the care management team to focus on specific clinical...
Innovation
AI and Medication Adherence: Training Tech on Bad Behaviors
Pharmacies and providers are turning to AI to better understand why their patients aren?t following doctors? orders on their prescriptions.
Payer
Breaking Down Why Medicare Part D Premiums Are Likely To Go Up
Increases are expected to mainly affect stand-alone Part D plans, not the drug coverage offered as part of Medicare Advantage.
Technology
Can New DEA Leadership Resolve the Telemedicine Prescription Debate?
A widely panned proposal to regulate virtual prescriptions for controlled drugs isn?t going anywhere. It?s time to bring federal regulators...
Revenue Cycle
AHA Claps Back at Drug Companies in Conflict Over 340B Program
Drug companies are more likely than hospitals to violate 340B regulations, according to a recent American Hospital Association report.
CEO
Contributed Content: Reviving Rural Healthcare: Regulatory Fixes Can Save Small Town Emergency Hospitals
Without key policy reforms, Rural Emergency Hospitals? long-term survival and patient access is at jeopardy, says this CEO.
Revenue Cycle
Senate Report Calls for Reforms to 340B Drug Pricing Program
Senator calls on Congress to increase oversight of the 340B Drug Pricing Program by requiring participating providers to complete annual...
Innovation
New Strategy Brings Substance Abuse Treatment Into the Hospital
A Cedars-Sinai program attaches a substance abuse treatment doctor and social worker to the patient?s care team, improving treatment adherence...
Pharma
Top CA Dems Clash Over How to Rein In PBMs
As prescription drug prices continue to spiral and federal efforts to control them stall, state lawmakers are focusing on PBMs.
Innovation
Prescribing Pullback: Telehealth Advocates Ask Trump to Withdraw DEA Proposal
Healthcare executives are calling on the Trump Administration to nullify a DEA proposal to create a special registration for virtual...
CFO
Investing in Innovation: Health Systems Put Millions Into Truveta Genome Project
An investment here could have big implications for drug costs, value-based care, and population health.
Technology
DEA to Give Docs a Telemedicine Outlet for Prescribing Controlled Drugs
The long-awaited proposal for a special registration would help providers with virtual treatment programs for addiction and behavioral health concerns....