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State highlights: Ga. ponders higher health plan rates for employees

Home health care providers in Oregon and their allies say their industry is in a bind. The state's rural home health providers don't make as much as they should from serving Medicare patients, and the state's providers overall are slated for an even bigger hit next year, according to the industry's advocates and allies in Congress.

15 Jun 2013

Anthem and SVHP to collaborate on new model of provider reimbursement

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield and St. Vincent's Health Partners, Inc., announced today the collaboration on a new model of provider reimbursement. Under this new arrangement, SVHP will focus on the management of chronic disease and preventive health of their patients.

15 Jun 2013

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, NHCMG partner under patient-centered care agreement

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield and New Haven Community Medical Group announced today that the two organizations have partnered under a patient-centered care agreement that will create an accountable care model to help ensure Anthem members' access to quality health care that is focused on improved outcomes and lower costs.

15 Jun 2013

House lawmakers appear closer on Medicare pay overhaul, Medicaid pay increase

House lawmakers move closer to proposing a plan to overhaul how Medicare pays doctors and wonder how they can increase doctors' Medicaid pay -- typically the purview of states.

15 Jun 2013

Educating pediatricians on appropriate antibiotic usage can improve outcomes in children’s infections

As disease-causing microbes continue their worrisome trend of developing resistance to commonly used antibiotics, public health experts have called for more selective use of those medicines. A new study suggests that educating pediatricians in their offices, and auditing their prescription patterns, encourages them to choose more appropriate antibiotics for children with common respiratory infections.

14 Jun 2013

Study: Intervention improves adherence to prescribing guidelines for pediatric bacterial ARTIs

An intervention consisting of clinician education coupled with personalized audit and feedback about antibiotic prescribing improved adherence to prescribing guidelines for common pediatric bacterial acute respiratory tract infections, although the intervention did not affect antibiotic prescribing for viral infections, according to a study in the June 12 issue of JAMA.

14 Jun 2013

Emergency department doctors are not identifying pelvic inflammatory disease in adolescent girls

Despite government efforts to expand diagnostic criteria for pelvic inflammatory disease, emergency department doctors are not identifying the condition any more often in adolescent girls, finds a new study in Journal of Adolescent Health.

14 Jun 2013

Ischaemic heart disease patients at risk after 1 week of treatment

New study data presented today at EULAR 2013, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism, demonstrate a high prevalence of NSAID prescriptions in patients at risk of ischaemic heart disease.

14 Jun 2013

Details emerging about coverage costs for health plans available through the health exchanges

CNN Money reports that some consumers may be surprised by the out-of-pocket costs -- including deductibles and co-payments -- these plans include. Other news outlets report on developments related to online marketplaces in California, Minnesota and Colorado.

14 Jun 2013

Viewpoints: Administration 'finally' comes around on Plan B; 'Legal loophole' creates another compounded drug scare

Reluctantly yielding to a federal-court decision, the Obama administration announced on Monday that it will take steps to allow a version of the so-called morning-after pill, known as Plan B One-Step, to be sold over the counter to girls and women of all ages. They will not need a prescription, nor will they be required to show any identification to obtain the emergency contraceptive. There will be no restrictions on where the drug can be sold; it will be up to the manufacturer to propose appropriate venues (6/11).

13 Jun 2013

Study raises questions about meeting the nation's need for more primary care physicians

Despite a critical shortage of primary care in the United States less than 25 percent of newly minted doctors go into this field and only a tiny fraction, 4.8 percent, set up shop in rural areas, according to a study by researchers at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services.

13 Jun 2013

New report shows U.S. retail health clinics expected to double in the next three years

The number of U.S. retail health clinics is projected to double in the next three years due to the increasing demand of newly insured patients under healthcare reform, according to a new report released today by Accenture at the annual America's Health Insurance Plans Institute 2013 in Las Vegas.

12 Jun 2013

Research: GPs could more accurately predict outcome of patients with musculoskeletal conditions

GPs could more accurately predict the likely progression of disease in patients with musculoskeletal conditions by asking them a simple set of generic questions during their very first consultation, new research funded by Arthritis Research UK has shown.

12 Jun 2013

Study shows abused women suffering from PTSD do not receive adequate mental health services

Although many abused women suffer from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and/or depression, they are not receiving needed mental health services, a University of Missouri researcher found.

11 Jun 2013

Study: Rate of suicide among men is almost three times that of women

The study, a collaboration between Lund University in Sweden and Stanford University, showed that the rate of suicide among men is almost three times that of women. Being young, single and having a low level of education were stronger risk factors for suicide among men, while mental illness was a stronger risk factor among women. Unemployment was the strongest social risk factor among women, whereas being single was the strongest among men.

10 Jun 2013

First consensus guidelines for use of neurostimulation in chronic pain

Recognizing that treatment of chronic pain can be confounding, the Neuromodulation Appropriateness Consensus Committee, an international group of more than 60 leading pain specialists, has created the first consensus guidelines for the use of neurostimulation in chronic pain.

10 Jun 2013

'Medical home' experiment reduced costs, improved care even more in second year

The nation's largest experiment in delivering medical care in an innovative way has reduced costs and improved the quality of care even more in its second year than in its first, according to the insurance company behind it.

10 Jun 2013

Beacon Health Partners, Empire BlueCross BlueShield sign Patient Centered Primary Care agreement

Beacon Health Partners, an independent physician network and Accountable Care Organization consisting of almost 300 healthcare practitioners, announced that it has signed a Patient Centered Primary Care agreement with Empire BlueCross BlueShield.

6 Jun 2013

State highlights: Conn. bill would maintain coverage for low-income parents; Wis. may pay hospitals for uninsured care; Is hospital data sale a risk to patient privacy?

The House of Representatives adopted an omnibus bill Tuesday to implement numerous social service policy changes in the next state budget, including the end of a health coverage program launched by former Gov. M. Jodi Rell to help the uninsured. One thing it doesn't change: Medicaid eligibility for low-income parents. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy had proposed restricting eligibility for the program, a move that would have caused an estimated 37,500 parents to lose Medicaid coverage (Phaneuf and Becker, 6/4).

6 Jun 2013

New survey data reveal need for specialist nurse support in management of patients with heart failure

One year after the publication of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure 2012, awareness amongst UK healthcare professionals varies dramatically.

6 Jun 2013

Primary Care News and Research

Latest Primary Care News and Research

State highlights: Ga. ponders higher health plan rates for employees

Anthem and SVHP to collaborate on new model of provider reimbursement

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, NHCMG partner under patient-centered care agreement

House lawmakers appear closer on Medicare pay overhaul, Medicaid pay increase

Educating pediatricians on appropriate antibiotic usage can improve outcomes in children’s infections

Study: Intervention improves adherence to prescribing guidelines for pediatric bacterial ARTIs

Emergency department doctors are not identifying pelvic inflammatory disease in adolescent girls

Ischaemic heart disease patients at risk after 1 week of treatment

Details emerging about coverage costs for health plans available through the health exchanges

Viewpoints: Administration 'finally' comes around on Plan B; 'Legal loophole' creates another compounded drug scare

Study raises questions about meeting the nation's need for more primary care physicians

New report shows U.S. retail health clinics expected to double in the next three years

Research: GPs could more accurately predict outcome of patients with musculoskeletal conditions

Study shows abused women suffering from PTSD do not receive adequate mental health services

Study: Rate of suicide among men is almost three times that of women

First consensus guidelines for use of neurostimulation in chronic pain

'Medical home' experiment reduced costs, improved care even more in second year

Beacon Health Partners, Empire BlueCross BlueShield sign Patient Centered Primary Care agreement

State highlights: Conn. bill would maintain coverage for low-income parents; Wis. may pay hospitals for uninsured care; Is hospital data sale a risk to patient privacy?

New survey data reveal need for specialist nurse support in management of patients with heart failure

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