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April 25 · Issue #59 · View online
Providing you with the latest health care headlines almost daily. Carefully crafted by Shawn Rossi. Questions? Email srossi@mhanet.org.
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Merit Rankin taps Blaylock
Dwayne Blaylock, Chief Executive Officer of Merit Health River Oaks, will now also lead Merit Health Rankin as CEO in addition to his current duties.
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WMC Administration Staff have relocated! - Winston Medical Center
The excitement is continuing to build for all employees. Plans for the Open House and Ribbon Cutting are in place for Friday, April 28, 2017. Everyone is invited to attend. Following the Ribbon Cutting buildings will be open to the public to walk-through and view the new facilities.
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Franklin County earns Top 20 Best Practices in Patient Satisfaction designation from NRHA
Franklin County Memorial Hospital earned a Top 20 Best Practices in Patient Satisfaction designation from the National Rural Health Association recently. The hospital was ranked among all critical access hospitals in the U.S.
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The Individual Insurance Market: What It Means for Hospitals
Insurance coverage that’s affordable and the plight of the uninsured is certain to be the central focus of upcoming debate. The individual market, with its ties to the Affordable Care Act, is an important and growing market for hospitals and health systems. But it’s a risky market.
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AAFP Accepts Challenge, Submits Primary Care-based Payment Proposal
The AAFP recently sent a proposal detailing its advanced primary care alternative payment model to the newly formed Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee for review.
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Michigan tests 'pay-for-success' model for diabetes prevention
A new type of financing is linking private investors who want to do good — and make some money in the process — with not-for-profits looking to get upfront funding for programs where they’re paid for results.
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Doctors look to Price for tweaks in Medicare rule
Doctors are hoping Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, a fellow physician, will address challenges for small practices in a proposed Medicare rule expected in coming weeks.
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Hospitals call on Trump administration to end mandatory bundled pay programs
Hospitals hope the CMS’ decision to delay implementing Obama-era bundled-payment initiatives for cardiac and orthopedic care will open the door to making the experiments voluntary.
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Pediatric Telemedicine Poised for Growth Spurt
Data from Nemours Children’s Health System suggests that the percentage parents who are willing and eager to use telemedicine services for their children has grown exponentially in the past three years.
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Safety Net Hospitals Weather VBP and Readmissions Penalties
Research examines the financial effect of readmissions penalties and value-based purchasing incentives on safety-net hospitals compared to other hospitals.
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This is National Healthcare Volunteer Week
The AHA’s Association for Healthcare Volunteer Resource Professionals is celebrating National Healthcare Volunteer Week, which recognizes the service, dedication and commitment of volunteers in health care organizations across the country.
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May 9--The AONE Care Innovation and Transformation Program (Webinar)
In this joint HPOE and AONE webinar nurse leaders from Texas Health and Lee Health will share their organizations’ care innovation and transformation stories.
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Members-only AHA IPPS Webinar
The AHA invites you to participate in a complimentary webinar April 28 to learn more about the FY 2018 inpatient prospective payment system proposed rule, which the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued on April 14. During this 60-minute session, AHA policy experts will discuss CMS’s proposals, including those on disproportionate share hospital payments, critical access hospital 96-hour certification requirement, the inpatient quality reporting program, hospital-acquired conditions program, hospital accreditation and changes to the electronic health record reporting period for CY 2018. We also will discuss the implications of these proposals for hospitals and next steps going forward. There will be ample time for questions and discussion.
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The Effects of Ending the Affordable Care Act’s Cost-Sharing Reduction Payments
On Average, Premiums for Silver Plans Would Need to Rise 19% to Offset Lack of Funding for Cost-Sharing Reductions, Triggering Tax Credit Increases
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White House says vote on healthcare plan may not come for weeks
A congressional vote on a Republican healthcare plan may not come for weeks as leaders in the House of Representatives and the Senate continue negotiations over possible proposals, the White House said on Monday.
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Spicer: White House isn't setting 'artificial deadline' for Obamacare repeal bill
“If it happens and we have the votes this week, great, if it’s next week or the week after,” Spicer says.
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Trump pledges premiums will 'start tumbling down' under his health care plan
Obamacare is frequently criticized because some insurance premiums have risen since its enactment.
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Trump: GOP health plan will bring 'real healthcare' and 'tumbling' premiums
President Trump said that the GOP healthcare plan will lead to cheaper premiums and “real healthcare” in a Twitter message Monday.
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