Disruptive docs: Rudeness in the ICU also hurts medical team’s performance

http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/disruptive-docs-rudeness-icu-also-hurts-medical-teams-performance/2015-08-13?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

In training simulation, rude comments drove outcomes disparities

The Future Of Premium Assistance Through Waivers Under The Affordable Care Act

http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2015/08/26/the-future-of-premium-assistance-through-waivers-under-the-affordable-care-act/

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Premium assistance is the use of public funding for the purchase of commercial health insurance. Historically, premium assistance has mostly enabled a small number of Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) recipients to enroll in health insurance through their employers by having the government pay all of the costs of coverage, except for some cases where the family contributes a small premium.

Dartmouth-Hitchcock may exit Pioneer ACO program, officials say

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/dartmouth-hitchcock-may-exit-pioneer-aco-program-officials-say?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRouu63OZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4JSspjI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Despite posting high quality scores, execs disappointed to be sending millions back to the government.

Tardy Tax Filers Risk Losing Health Insurance Subsidies

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/obamacare-deadline/tardy-tax-filers-risk-losing-health-insurance-subsidies-n415106

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Sign-up season for President Barack Obama’s health care law doesn’t start for another couple of months, but the next few days are crucial for hundreds of thousands of customers at risk of losing financial aid when they renew coverage for 2016. Call them tardy tax filers: an estimated 1.8 million households that got subsidies for their premiums last year but failed to file a 2014 tax return as required by the law, or left out key IRS paperwork.