by MpowerMed | Jun 15, 2017 | Curated Content
U.S. healthcare spending reached a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $3.49 trillion in April, 4.4 percent higher than the same month the year prior, according to an Ann Arbor, Mich.-based Altarum’s Center for Sustainable Health Spending report.Source:...
by MpowerMed | Jun 14, 2017 | Curated Content
A survey of 302 primary care physicians with hospital affiliations and 150 health plan executives examines progress that must still be realized to achieve value-based care. These include achieving better alignment between providers and payers and improvements in...
by MpowerMed | Jun 13, 2017 | Curated Content
As part of a program to encourage providers to shift to EHRs, the federal government incorrectly paid hundreds of millions of dollars in incentive payments to healthcare professionals who did not actually meet Meaningful Use requirements. The HHS Office of Inspector...
by MpowerMed | Jun 13, 2017 | Curated Content
Better patient engagement is a nearly universal goal for health care providers, but real barriers exist, say health care leaders and clinicians. Nearly two-thirds (63%) of respondents to NEJM Catalyst’s latest Insights Council survey on patient engagement call...
by MpowerMed | Jun 9, 2017 | Curated Content
Researchers have found that an average of only 38 percent of emergency medicine healthcare professionals — including physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners — accurately estimated the costs for three common conditions seen in the emergency...
by MpowerMed | Jun 8, 2017 | Curated Content
Retail health clinics are popping up everywhere. Nowadays, they reside in pharmacies, chain drug stores such as Walgreens and CVS, in supermarkets and big-box stores, such as Walmart and Target. Source: medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.comAre you okay with your...
