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| “The wholesale disruption of American health care being discussed ... would surely jeopardize the relationship people have with their doctors, destabilize the nation’s health system and limit the ability of clinicians to practice medicine at their best. And the inherent cost burden would surely have a severe impact on the economy and jobs, all without fundamentally increasing access to care.” | ||
| -David Wichmann, Chief Executive, UnitedHealth Group |
| Emergency
department (ED) visits increased by 2.3 million a year between
2006 and 2016, with the proportion of uninsured ED visits
relatively unchanged from 2006 to 2013, making up between 14%
and 16% of visits. But uninsured ED visits dropped after the
ACA's 2014 implementation - uninsured ED visits made up 8% all
ED visits by 2016. Hospital discharges also declined. Uninsured
patients made up 6% of discharges every year from 2006 to 2016
but then decreased to 5% in 2014 and 4% in 2016. Source: Modern Healthcare, April 19, 2019 |
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Cancer group launches $4.5M campaign to boost Medicaid
expansion Politico, April 23, 2019 Safeway stores offering health care powered by artificial intelligence Arizona Republic, April 22, 2019 Google Searches For Ways To Put Artificial Intelligence To Use In Health Care NPR, April 22, 2019 U.S. health officials unveil experiment to overhaul primary care STAT, April 22, 2019 Hospitals Stand to Lose Billions Under ‘Medicare for All’ New York Times, April 21, 2019 UnitedHealth grows digital health business in Minneapolis Star Tribune, April 20, 2019 Next Generation ACO participants for 2019 drop to 41 Modern Healthcare, April 19, 2019 ACA has not reduced ED visits, study finds Modern Healthcare, April 19, 2019 Telemedicine, walk-in clinics cloud role of family doctor Associated Press, April 16, 2019 |
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Report: Hospital M&A was strong in first quarter Modern Healthcare, April 23, 2019 Kansas bypasses Obamacare; will other states follow? Modern Healthcare, April 23, 2019 Definitive Healthcare Releases Results of 2019 Annual Healthcare Trends Survey Definitive Healthcare, April 22, 2019 UnitedHealth CEO warns against push for single-payer health coverage Star Tribune, April 16, 2019 |
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How Amazon Could Disrupt Health Care
Amazon has been described has the “everything
store,” but it’s missing one major category - prescription
medicines. That might soon change, in the wake of Amazon’s
roughly $1 billion acquisition of PillPack, an internet
pharmacy. |
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Definitive Healthcare Survey:
which trends are most important for 2019? 1. Industry Consolidation: 25.2% 2. Consumerism: 14.4% 3. Telehealth: 13.8% 4. AI & Machine Learning: 11.4% 5. Staffing Shortages: 11.1% 6. Cybersecurity: 9.5% 7. EHR Optimization: 9.5% 8. Wearables: 5.3% Source: Definitive Healthcare, April 22, 2019 |
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