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Physician groups back ACCESS Model but warn CMS against care fragmentation
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Top HHS leaders introduce ACCESS model with discussions of patient health, costs and technology.
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Federal contracts, Medicare pilots and new state laws have pushed artificial intelligence from the edges of clinical practice into the middle of it.
A Lancet modeling study of 195 medicines estimates the Trump administration's GLOBE and GUARD pricing models could save Medicare up to $11.6 billion in their initial phase — but confidential manufacturer deals could erase nearly 80% of those savings.
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Admission, discharge and transfer alerts were set up for fee-for-service, not value-based care.
The United States must address vaccine misinformation head-on or risk losing children to infectious disease.
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Caroline Pearson of the Peterson Health Technology Institute says the way health care pays for clinical AI will decide whether it lowers costs or drives them up.
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Independent primary care is struggling under a payment system stacked against it
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Checks are due to start in October, and the administration has not said how it arrived at $500 or which years the disputed fees cover.
A JAMA Network Open qualitative study of 22 physicians finds leave policies and leadership sensitivity shape whether doctors successfully return to clinical practice after serious illness
New national research shows health systems and health plans still can't get provider data right — and the fallout lands squarely on physician practices
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Rigid adherence thresholds in CMS's updated coverage decision leave doctors and suppliers guessing — and vulnerable patients at risk of losing a life-extending therapy
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