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Healthcare Headlines: September 2017
August 28, 2017 By Kindred Healthcare tags: Medicare, Insurance, ACA, Hospitalization, healthcare headlines, repeal

CBO Predicts Rise In Deficit If Trump Cuts Payments To Insurance Companies

The CBO estimates that ending cost-sharing reduction payments to insurers will raise the deficit $194 billion over 10 years, something President Trump is considering. Read more

End-Of-Life Advice: More Than 500,000 Chat On Medicare’s Dime

2016 was the first year health care providers were allowed to bill for an advance-care planning session and nearly 575,000 Medicare beneficiaries took advantage. Read more

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Healthcare Headlines: August 2017
August 3, 2017 By Kindred Healthcare tags: Medicare, Insurance, ACA, Hospitalization, healthcare headlines, repeal

'Repeal and replace' isn't dead yet: Trump meets with key senators on new proposal

Trump urged Senate Republicans not to give up on trying to repeal the ACA and is exploring Lindsey Graham’s (S.C.) reform proposal as a potential option. Read more

Medicare’s Financial Outlook Slightly Improved, Trustees Say

The financial outlook for Medicare’s hospital insurance trust fund improved in the past year due to health costs rising more slowly than expected and predictions that enrollees will use hospital services less often. Read more
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Healthcare Headlines - June '17 in Review
June 22, 2017 By Kindred Healthcare tags: Medicare, Chronic Pain, news, Healthcare Finance, Headlines

One In Three Beneficiaries Now In Medicare Advantage Program

Medicare Advantage hit a milestone this year, with 19 million beneficiaries enrolled in an MA plan. Enrollment has increased 71% since the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010. Read More

The March Of Rising Healthcare Costs Has Slowed, But It's Still Unsustainable

While the era of double-digit growth in healthcare costs seems to have ended, the "new normal" pace of around 6% to 7% a year is still unsustainable, according to a new study. Read More
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Healthcare Headlines - May 2016
May 27, 2016 By Kindred Healthcare tags: Medicare, Home Health, Quality, Obama, Nursing Homes, Telemedicine, Uninsured, house calls

Nursing Homes Starting to Offer More Individualized Menus

On a recent Thursday, the staff at Sunny Vista Living Center in Colorado Springs bustled in the kitchen. Read more.

AHRQ Reports Continued Gains in Health Care Quality

Health care quality is improving overall, especially in hospitals, and more people have health care coverage and a usual source of medical care since the Affordable Care Act took effect, according to a new report by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Read more.
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Healthcare Headlines - April 2016
April 29, 2016 By Claudia Lab tags: Caregiver, Medicare, Zika, Technology, Home Health, AHA, Readmission, Hospitals, CDC, Innovation, patient experience, OSHA, fall rates, jobs

AHA Issues Guide for Improving the Patient Experience through the Physical Environment

One way for hospitals to improve patient satisfaction is to focus on their physical environment, according to a new guide by the AHA's Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence initiative and American Society for Healthcare Engineering. Read More

Hospitals Eye Community Health Workers to Cultivate Patients' Successes

Donnie Missouri, 58, doesn't have medical training. He started his health career in the linens department in Johns Hopkins Hospital. Read More
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Healthcare Headlines Week of January 11, 2016
January 15, 2016 By Kindred Healthcare tags: Medicare, Fall prevention, CMS, Kynect, CES

Healthcare Expected to Drive Big M&A Activity Again in 2016

Healthcare providers and the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries are expected to produce the most merger and acquisitions activity this year behind only the technology sector, according to a new survey by accounting and consulting giant KPMG. Read More

Twenty Years in, the Hospitalist Landscape is Shifting-and Prompting New Debates

The drive for efficiency in health care has led to a boom in hospitalists-and growing pains for the profession as hospitals seek to increase efficiency and demonstrate high quality outcomes, reports the New York Times. Read More
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Healthcare Headlines Week of December 14, 2015
December 18, 2015 By Kindred Healthcare tags: Medicare, Medicaid, Nursing Homes, Obesity, guidelines, medical records

Rising Obesity Rates Put Strain on Nursing Homes

Obesity is redrawing the common imagery of old age: The slight nursing home resident is giving way to the obese senior, hampered by diabetes, disability and other weight-related ailments. Read More

Hoping To Curb the Prescription Opioid Epidemic, CDC Proposes New Guidelines for Doctors

The government on Monday urged primary-care physicians who prescribe opioids for pain relief to rein in their use of the drugs, proposing new guidelines that call for a more conservative approach than the one that has led to a crippling epidemic of addiction to the powerful narcotics. Read More
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Healthcare Headlines Week of November 23, 2015
November 25, 2015 By Kindred Healthcare tags: Medicare, Home Health, CMS, ICD-10, Infectious Disease

End of Medicare Bonus Program Will Cut Pay to Primary Care Doctors

Many primary care practitioners will be a little poorer next year because of the expiration of a health law program that has been paying them a 10 percent bonus for caring for Medicare patients. Read More

Experts Propose Changes to How Infectious Diseases Are Handled

A panel of health experts is calling for sweeping changes to the way infectious disease threats are managed, saying a bungled response by the World Health Organization and others to the West African Ebola epidemic exposed dangerous vulnerabilities. Read More
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Healthcare Headlines Week of November 16, 2015
November 20, 2015 By Kindred Healthcare tags: Caregivers, Medicare, dementia, CMS, Bundled Payments, VA, healthcare headlines, diagnostics, white coats

Changes in Sense of Humor May Presage Dementia

A close friend was an even-keeled, responsible man, endowed with a sunny outlook and a gentle, punny sense of humor. So when he started to make snide remarks at social gatherings several years ago, I secretly championed the delight he was taking in his newfound freedom from social constraints. Read More

CMS Finalizes Bundled Payment Model for Hip, Knee Replacements

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released its final bundled payment model for hip and knee replacement surgeries, which includes plans to waive the three-day stay rule for beneficiaries entering "qualified" skilled nursing facilities. Read More
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Healthcare Headlines Week of October 26, 2015
October 30, 2015 By Kindred Healthcare tags: Palliative Care, Medicare, dementia, Cancer, Hospital, Red Meat, open enrollment, community health, Obama administration, shift change, mindfulness, Walgreens, Rite Aid

Many Seriously Ill Americans Lack Access to Palliative Care

Millions of Americans suffering from serious illness lack access to care that could improve their quality of life by relieving pain and other symptoms, a study finds. Read More

In L.A., Community Health Workers Are Part of the Medical Team

Health officials across the country face a vexing quandary - how do you help the sickest and neediest patients get healthier and prevent their costly visits to emergency rooms? Read More
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Healthcare Headlines: September 2017

CBO Predicts Rise In Deficit If Trump Cuts Payments To Insurance Companies

End-Of-Life Advice: More Than 500,000 Chat On Medicare’s Dime

Healthcare Headlines: August 2017

'Repeal and replace' isn't dead yet: Trump meets with key senators on new proposal

Medicare’s Financial Outlook Slightly Improved, Trustees Say

Healthcare Headlines - June '17 in Review

One In Three Beneficiaries Now In Medicare Advantage Program

The March Of Rising Healthcare Costs Has Slowed, But It's Still Unsustainable

Healthcare Headlines - May 2016

Nursing Homes Starting to Offer More Individualized Menus

AHRQ Reports Continued Gains in Health Care Quality

Healthcare Headlines - April 2016

AHA Issues Guide for Improving the Patient Experience through the Physical Environment

Hospitals Eye Community Health Workers to Cultivate Patients' Successes

Healthcare Headlines Week of January 11, 2016

Healthcare Expected to Drive Big M&A Activity Again in 2016

Twenty Years in, the Hospitalist Landscape is Shifting-and Prompting New Debates

Healthcare Headlines Week of December 14, 2015

Rising Obesity Rates Put Strain on Nursing Homes

Hoping To Curb the Prescription Opioid Epidemic, CDC Proposes New Guidelines for Doctors

Healthcare Headlines Week of November 23, 2015

End of Medicare Bonus Program Will Cut Pay to Primary Care Doctors

Experts Propose Changes to How Infectious Diseases Are Handled

Healthcare Headlines Week of November 16, 2015

Changes in Sense of Humor May Presage Dementia

CMS Finalizes Bundled Payment Model for Hip, Knee Replacements

Healthcare Headlines Week of October 26, 2015

Many Seriously Ill Americans Lack Access to Palliative Care

In L.A., Community Health Workers Are Part of the Medical Team

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