Fee-for-service vs. value-based care: 6 points of debate raised by health policy experts

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/fee-for-service-vs-value-based-care-6-points-of-debate-raised-by-health-policy-experts.html

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Fighting back against 340B criticisms

http://managedhealthcareexecutive.modernmedicine.com/managed-healthcare-executive/news/fighting-back-against-340b-criticisms

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House votes to speed drug approval process, increase medical research funding

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/news-wire/2015/07/10/house-votes-to-speed-drug-approval-process.html?iana=ind_health

The 21st Century Cures Act aims to speed the development of new drugs and medical devices.

CMS proposes paying for end-of-life planning in new draft rule

http://www.healthcaredive.com/news/cms-proposes-paying-for-end-of-life-planning-in-new-draft-rule/402023/

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Wednesday released a draft of Medicare’s first physician payment rule that would reimburse physicians for providing end-of-life counseling.

GREEK HOSPITALS RUNNING OUT OF MONEY, LIFE EXPECTANCY CRASHING AS ECONOMY COLLAPSES

http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2015/07/07/greek-hospitals-running-out-of-money-life-expectancy-crashing-as-economy-collapses/

GREECE-EU-REFERENDUM-DEBT

As the financial crisis in Greece worsens, more and more sectors of the Greek economy are taking hits, including the health care system. Greece has a socialized health care system and now that the government is running out of money, so are hospitals.

Healthcare Workers: Why They Come to Work Sick

http://www.healthline.com/health-news/why-healthcare-workers-come-to-work-sick-070615?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Healthcare%20Dive&utm_campaign=Issue%3A%202015-07-07%20Healthcare%20Dive#1

Healthcare Workers

A survey explores the reasons why healthcare workers do their job when they’re sick and expose patients to their illnesses.

The U.S. just recorded its first confirmed measles death in 12 years

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/07/02/the-u-s-just-recorded-its-first-confirmed-measles-death-in-12-years/

The ultrastructural appearance of a single virus particle of the measles virus.