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Senate Finance Committee Explores Costly, Secretive Practices in the Drug Supply Chain
Karen Van Nuys testified at the hearing, calling transparency “an essential first step.”
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Prominent Health Executive Tom Priselac Named Vice Chair of Schaeffer Center Advisory Board
Priselac, who is CEO and president of Cedars-Sinai, has served on the board since its inception in 2011.
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Medicare Advantage Enrollment Outpaces —and Nearly Overcomes— Traditional Medicare, New USC Study Finds
Medicare Advantage plans have seen a more than 300% increase in enrollment—with payment policy yet to catch up.
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False Confidence in Blood Pressure Knowledge Undermines Intentions to Seek Care
Most Americans don’t know the meaning of 120-80 mm Hg, but think they do.
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New Randomized Trial Shows Simple Letters Promote Better-Informed Opioid Prescribing
Letters successfully encouraged clinicians to check patients’ prescribing records, says study co-author Mireille Jacobson.
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Telling Doctors Their Patients Fatally Overdosed Reduces Opioid Prescriptions Up to One Year Later
Those clinicians who received the letter wrote 7% fewer prescriptions than clinicians who hadn’t received the notification.
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New Dialysis Studies Inform Delivery of Care, Ways to Improve Patient Outcomes
Researchers analyzed the effects of clinic ownership and dialysis timing on patient outcomes.
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Traditional Vaccination Playbook Doesn’t Work with COVID
New study finds financial incentives and other behavioral nudges made little difference among certain groups.
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No Surprises Act Will Likely Reduce Payments to Most Emergency Medicine Providers, According to New USC Analysis
A payment rule in the No Surprises Act will likely lead to lower rates for emergency medicine procedures.
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Affordable Care Act Exchange Plans Negotiate Lower Hospital Prices Than Commercial Plans, According to New Schaeffer Center Analysis
ACA exchange plans on average paid 89% of what commercial group plans paid for both inpatient and outpatient procedures.
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