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| “In coordinating care for our members and digging through some of their challenges, we found there are barriers that can certainly impact their health and well being, but are not thought about as being traditionally health related.” | ||
| -Kimberly Roop, Medicaid Plan President, Anthem Indiana |
| 21% of patients
surveyed by the Kaiser Family Foundation has noticed an error in
his/her electronic health record (EHR). The type of error
noticed in the medical records ranged from incorrect medical
history (9%); incorrect personal information (5%); incorrect lab
results or other test results (3%); incorrect
medication/prescription information (3%); and billing
errors/issue (1%). Source: Kaiser Health News: Death By 1,000 Clicks |
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money Reuters, March 19, 2019 Anthem inks novel partnership for Indiana Medicaid patients MedCity News, March 18, 2019 Soaring cost of new specialty drugs the next front in war over high prices MarketWatch, March 18, 2019 Senators spark new round of DSH reform talk Modern Healthcare, March 16, 2019 CVS Health’s Moriarty: Pharmacy is ‘front line’ of healthcare strategy DrugStore News, March 14, 2019 New Health Plans Expose The Insured To More Risk Kaiser Helath News, March 13, 2019 Hospitals could lose $800 billion from Medicare buy-in, AHA says Modern Healthcare, March 12, 2019 UnitedHealthcare broadens direct drug rebate program Associated Press, March 12, 2019 CommonSpirit Health expects $500 million in cost savings over 3 years Modern Healthcare, March 8, 2019 Anthem Promises a New Type of Drug Plan After PBM Scrutiny Bloomberg, March 7, 2019 |
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winners and losers from the 2018 Q4 earnings season 1. Winner: UnitedHealthGroup 2. Winner: Centene Corp. 3. Winner: Anthem Inc. 4. Middle: Teladoc 5. Middle: CVS-Aetna 6. Middle: Cigna Corp. 7. Loser: Community Health Systems 8. Loser: Tenet Healthcare Corp. 9. Loser: Magellan Health Source: Health Leaders: Winners and Losers From Healthcare's Q4 Earnings Season |
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