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Azar defends proposal to allow Medicare plans to use step therapy

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AI tool helps reduce hospital's readmission rate 20%

Becker's Hospital Review (2/13) Learn More
Innovative tech focuses on patient experience, managing disease

Five technology tools for health care zero in on patient experience, engagement and safety, and helping patients and clinicians manage chronic disease. Brian Kalis of Accenture said some of the tools have a clinical evidence base and are being developed by health systems, "demonstrating that they are solving problems that systems have en masse." HealthLeaders Media (2/12) Learn More
House, Senate Democrats unveil Medicare buy-in proposal

A group of House and Senate Democrats introduced a bill that would permit people ages 50 and older to buy into Medicare plans and obtain the same cost-sharing subsidies and tax credits offered through Affordable Care Act exchanges. Supporters of the measure said the legislation is a more acceptable and less disruptive alternative to proposals that would open Medicare to everyone. Politico (2/13) Learn More
Rural hospitals want in on value-based care

The American Hospital Association's 2019 Rural Advocacy Agenda calls for the development of advanced payment and care delivery models that would enable more hospitals in rural areas to participate. Rural hospitals lack experience with value-based payment models, serve geographically dispersed patient populations, have limited financial resources for infrastructure investments and lack interoperable health IT systems, according to a Government Accountability Office report. RevCycle Intelligence (2/7) Learn More
Income Inequality and Outcomes in Heart Failure: A Global Between-Country Analysis

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Identification of Frailty in Chronic Heart Failure

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Cardiovascular Quality and Research News

ACC CV Quality SmartBrief

Azar defends proposal to allow Medicare plans to use step therapy

AI tool helps reduce hospital's readmission rate 20%

Innovative tech focuses on patient experience, managing disease

House, Senate Democrats unveil Medicare buy-in proposal

Rural hospitals want in on value-based care

Income Inequality and Outcomes in Heart Failure: A Global Between-Country Analysis

Identification of Frailty in Chronic Heart Failure