Rick Gilfillan on payment reform and the most under-reported story in healthcare

http://www.healthcaredive.com/news/rick-gilfillan-on-payment-reform-and-the-most-under-reported-story-in-healt/370445/

 

How two hospital operators are bucking the rural health crisis

http://www.healthcaredive.com/news/how-two-hospital-operators-are-bucking-the-rural-health-crisis/399907/

http://www.healthcaredive.com/news/rural-health-care-efficient-safe-and-a-lot-cheaper/260313/

Implementing Health Reform: The Final Preventive Services Regulations (Tenth Circuit Decision & Immigrants Fast Facts Updates)

http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2015/07/10/implementing-health-reform-the-final-preventive-services-regulations/

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Antibiotic Resistance Targeted in 21st Century Cures Act

http://www.medpagetoday.com/PublicHealthPolicy/Washington-Watch/52611?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2015-07-16&eun=g885344d0r

Bill requires monitoring of financial incentives that encourage antibiotic development.

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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Bundled Payments’ Disruptive Effects Detailed

http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content/HEP-318510/Bundled-Payments-Disruptive-Effects-Detailed

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Mandatory bundled payments for hip and knee surgeries would shutter one in four skilled nursing facilities and trigger “demand destruction in areas such as diagnostic testing, hospital stays, and avoidable readmissions,” says a former CMS official.

Distributive injustice in US health care

Distributive injustice in US health care

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