Economics

This channel highlights factors that impact hospital and healthcare economics and revenue. This includes news on healthcare policies, reimbursement, marketing, business plans, mergers and acquisitions, supply chain, salaries, staffing, and the implementation of a cost-effective environment for patients and providers.

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More private insurance plans adopting ‘food as medicine’ ideology

Two nonprofits in the Philadelphia area have joined forces to deliver personalized meals to Medicaid beneficiaries.

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Online feedback tool reduces deterioration of psychological treatment by 74%

An online feedback tool that allows therapists to monitoring patients with depression has reduced the probability of deterioration during psychological treatment by 74 percent, according to a study published in The Lancet Psychiatry.

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Rhode Island Supreme Court upholds sentencing in radiologist’s 1999 murder

The Rhode Island Supreme Court has upheld the 60-year prison sentence of the man who murdered radiologist Alfred C. Moon, from Lincoln, Rhode Island, back in 1999.

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Radiologists made more than $16M in federal political contributions from 2003 to 2016

Self-identified radiologists made $16.25 million in federal political contributions from 2003 to 2016, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

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California bill aims to remove sugary beverages as default options for kids’ meals

A bill advancing through the California legislature seeks to remove soda, juice and chocolate milk as default options for kids’ meals and prevent them from being advertised alongside food marketed toward children.

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ACO participation doesn’t change use of coronary revascularization

Providers were just as likely to perform low-value coronary revascularizations after joining an accountable care organization (ACO), a new analysis found. Considering ACOs are designed to curb healthcare spending, these findings suggest their current setup doesn’t properly incentivize specialists to change their behavior.

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Screening tool detects early cognitive decline from home

Researchers from Switzerland and the United Kingdom have developed an in-home screening tool capable of testing early cognitive decline in dementia.

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7 ways digital health is transforming patient care

Digital tools are changing the way patients think about healthcare and how they want to access care, according to a survey conducted by Aetna.