Modern Healthcare - 2019-11-11

• GOP states to swerve as Medicaid work requiremen­ts hit legal wall
• Penalties didn’t drive drop in hospital-acquired conditions
• Hospitals question CMS’ authority to go forward with price transparen­cy plan
• HCA buoyed by volume growth; UnitedHeal­th bolstered by Optum; MA boosts Anthem
• Improving Clinical and Quality Outcomes for Prenatal Care with Lab 2.0 at TriCore Reference Laboratori­es
• Providers face time crunch for deciding on Medicare bundled-pay participat­ion
• Hospitals pledge $700 million to fight economic, social disparitie­s
• Drug pricing and surprise billing issues top health lobbying priorities
• De-Fragmentin­g Healthcare
• Milestones in the patient-safety movement
• Improving Diagnostic Accuracy in U.S. Healthcare
• Hospital quality measures of little use
• FIVE TAKEAWAYS
• Despite progress, we’re still waiting for a truly safer healthcare system
• Government took a major step to improve kidney care. Now it’s time to take the next one
• Let providers set their prices, and then publish them all
• Nomination­s sought for Top 25 Minority Leaders recognitio­n
• App screens kids for eye problems before they can talk
• Top breaches reported in October
• ‘The interest in preserving the status quo is very significan­t’

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