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Breaking The Graduate Medical Education Policy Logjam
Breaking The Fee-For-Service Addiction: Let’s Move To A Comprehensive Primary Care Payment Model
Mastering the healthcare revenue cycle: 6 expert insights
California Health, Technology Officials Discuss Future of Open Data
At the 2015 California Technology Forum last week, a panel of experts discussed:
- Approaches to using state data;
- Processes for opening data to the public; and
- Whether state controls over open data are necessary.
Watchdog: Proposed ballot measure could save money on pensions, but at what cost?
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/measure-678062-retirement-public.html
In an Orange County Register article, columnist Teri Sforza writes that “a controversial reform measure headed for the 2016 ballot could cut public pension costs by giving taxpayers a say on retirement plans — but it could upend collective bargaining in the process.” Sforza cites several analyses that say the measure could threaten protections for pension and retiree health care benefits, while noting that backers maintain it will not “change benefits that public workers currently possess.”
Most Health Insurance Co-ops Are Losing Money, Federal Audit Finds
The co-ops were created by Congress in an effort to increase competition and keep costs down. According to Daniel Levinson, inspector general at the US Department of Health and Human Services, 22 of the 23 co-ops lost money last year; most had fewer enrollees than had been originally predicted.
Transitional care poised to increase impact on health insurance
Transitional care, a new Medicare billing category as of 2013, is about to see a new form of action thanks to California-based Global Transitional Care, the country’s first Medicare-approved, third-party transitional care provider dedicated exclusively to this service.
