Weekly Roundup: Health care news and notes
June 26, 2015 · NCQA
Every Friday NCQA gives a rundown of some of the health care news stories from the past week. Here are some of our picks for this week:
- New evidence health spending is growing faster again. [The Wall Street Journal]
- Some insured patients still skip care because of high costs. [Kaiser Health News]
- Telemedicine, mobile health care apps bring medical care to you. [CBS News]
- Insurer uses patients’ personal data to predict who will get sick. [Kaiser Health News]
- Online doctor ratings do not use valid measures of quality and medical expertise. [US News]
- White House launches new preventive health campaign. [The Hill]
- Incentives for care coordination and quality make a big difference in patient centered medical home initiatives. [Health Affairs Blog]
- House passes bipartisan bills to strengthen Medicare for seniors. [Ways and Means]
- JAMA calls for development of quality measures for physical and behavioral health integration. [JAMA]
- Most Americans know little about Supreme Court health case. [The Washington Post]
- These are the average payments Medicare makes to every medical specialty. [Modern Healthcare]
- Repealing the Affordable Care Act would leave 19 million uninsured and raise the federal deficit. [The National Journal]
- Most Americans say drug costs are ‘unreasonable,’ although they can still afford to buy them. [Kaiser Health News]
- Antibiotics are effective in appendicitis, a study shows. [The New York Times]
- Not-for-profit hospital tax breaks double in a decade, but are they deserved? [Modern Healthcare]
- Patient-centered medical home is a “pragmatic” shift in care. [Health IT Analytics]
- Paperwork inconsistencies are causing thousands to lose Affordable Care Act subsidies. [Kaiser Health News]
