CMS Administrator Seema Verma, MPH, said accountable care organizations (ACOs) that haven’t taken on downside risk “are not producing results,” suggesting the agency could reevaluate those payment models.

Regulatory requirements could be a main reason for physician dissatisfaction and increased burnout with electronic health records (EHRs), according to an Ideas and Opinions piece published May 8 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Change Healthcare has announced a collaboration with Adobe Systems and Microsoft to develop a more comprehensive patient engagement tool for providers to build patient relationships through technology.

Providing emergency department (ED) clinicians with feedback on their opioid prescribing led to a significant decrease in future prescriptions, according to a study published April 2 in Academic Emergency Medicine.

In 2015, Medicare spent $762.1 million on imaging services in Massachusetts, with per beneficiary spending 14 percent higher than the average state. A Boston Business Journal report suggests increased imaging costs and higher utilization of imaging services are to blame.

Massachusetts doctors are quick to refer patients for expensive imaging services like MRI and CAT scanning, the Boston Business Journal reported this week—and it cost the federal government an estimated $27 million in 2015.

For outpatient surgery, those with lower health literacy experienced poorer recovery and decreased quality of life, according to an April 25 study published in JAMA Surgery.

More than one-third of readmissions within seven days of discharge—36 percent—are preventable, according to research published May 1 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.