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Health Systems Agency of Northern Virginia
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Fairfax, Virginia 22031
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- US Supreme Court will not hear drug industry challenge to Arkansas contract pharmacy law (Reuters)
- Prosecutors charge Maryland man with murder in shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO (Baltimore Sun)
- Medicare Spending was 27% More for People who Disenrolled from Medicare Advantage than for Similar People in Traditional Medicare (KFF)
- Health care quality rating at 24-year low: Gallup (The Hill)
- Poll reveals most Americans worry about often hidden health care fees (MedicalXpress)
- The 5 problems that continue to plague healthcare in parts of rural Virginia (WTVR)
- Recent drug chain store closures have driven an “unprecedented decline” in pharmacies, USC and UC Berkeley researchers find (UC Berkeley)
- Babyscripts ride-share program D.C.: Clinical evidence shows when women attend more visits during their pregnancies, outcomes drastically improve (Fierce Health)
- Six Years Into an Appalachia Hospital Monopoly, Patients Are Fearful and Furious (KFF)
- Antidepressant Recall Update As FDA Sets Risk Level (Newsweek)
- Study: Patients Better Be Very Literate to Understand These Handouts (MedPage)
- Caregiver-Reported Quality in Hospices Owned by Private Equity Firms and Publicly Traded Companies (JAMA Network)
- Justice Department sues UnitedHealth over Amedisys home health deal: Report (Beckers)
- In the third quarter, the seven major publicly traded insurers’ medical loss ratios increased an average of 3.3 percentage points year over year — a major jump in medical costs (Health Care Dive)
- In Vermont, where almost everyone has insurance, many can't find or afford care (Medical Xpress)
- Many hospitals still aren’t complying with price transparency rule: OIG (Health Care Dive)
- California Expanded Medi-Cal to Unauthorized Residents. The Results Are Mixed.(KFF)
- Billions at stake as SCOTUS takes up hospital case (AXIOS)
- Hospital groups blast senators' site-neutral Medicare payment reform plan (Fierce Health)
- Fostering Healthcare Innovation Through Policy, Partnerships, and Collaborative Action (The Atlantic)
- Maryland is the first state to sign into new federal health care program (AP on MSN)
- With US health care costs skyrocketing, these doctors are ditching insurance for a subscription-based model — is this the future of care? (Moneywise on MSN)
- Insurers’ AI Denials of Postacute Care Face Senate Scrutiny (AJMC)
- Hospital price transparency: Is it pushing prices down? (Benefits Pro)
- FTC and DOJ Issue Final Rule Amending Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Premerger Notification Requirements (JD Supra)
- Pennsylvania attorney general's office sues Prospect Medical Holdings, alleging "neglect and mismanagement" (CBS)
- AMA leads new antitrust lawsuit against MultiPlan and price-fixing cartel (Fierce Health)
- 10 Ideas The Trump Administration Should Consider To Improve US Healthcare (Forbes)
- CMS should take stronger stance on hospital pricing compliance: GAO (Healthcare Dive)
- Relief or risk? North Carolina’s trailblazing plan to combat hospital debt sparks debate (Charlotte Observer)
- Inside UnitedHealth's strategy to pressure physicians: $10K bonuses and a doctor leaderboard (Health Leaders)
- Why this CEO is worried about private equity in Medicaid (Beckers)
- Payers Are Putting Profit Over Patients with Denials and Prior Auth Policies (Med City News)
- Colorado patient advocates call for action on ’hidden’ hospital fees after state report’s release (Durango Herald)
- Acquisitions work as a one-time efficiency boost for hospital margins: study (Health Care Dive)
- At-home hospital care popular with patients and clinicians, but data backing quality, costs are limited, CMS finds (Fierce Health)
- Health risks rising in mountain areas flooded by Hurricane Helene and cut off from clean water, power, hospitals (Medical Xpress)
- Most accurate ultrasound test could detect 96% of women with ovarian cancer (EurekaAlert)
- Officials break ground on two new hospital sites that will replace existing Inova Alexandria Hospital (Fairfax Times)
- Wyden and Warner Introduce Bill to Set Strong Cybersecurity Standards for American Health Care System (Senate.Gov) & Legislation to Stop Labor and Delivery Unit Closures in Rural and Underserved Communities (Senate.Gov)
- Humana's stock stumbles after it reveals 2025 Medicare Advantage star ratings drop (Fierce Health)
- Medicare Advantage Quality Bonus Payments Will Total at Least $11.8 Billion in 2024 (KFF)
- New California law mandates notice for hospital unit closures (Beckers)
- California sues 2nd hospital in a week (Beckers)
- Iowa State Auditor finds nursing home inspections are failing federal standards (KAAL)
- Opinion: Rob Sand’s Iowa nursing homes report should be a call to action (The Gazette)
- Vulnerable seniors + troves of data make LTC facilities prime targets for bad cyber actors (McKnights)
- Kentucky sues Express Scripts, alleging it helped fuel state’s opioid crisis (The Hill)
- Senate approves criminal contempt resolution against Steward Health Care CEO (AP)
- Oregon's hospital price cap policy cuts patients' out-of-pocket costs, bumps utilization (Fierce Health)
- Consumer Out-Of-Pocket Drug Prices Grew Faster Than Prices Faced By Insurers After Accounting For Rebates, 2007–20 (Health Affairs)
- Report: More than one-third of nursing homes don’t have required medical director (McKnights)
- Association chief disputes study finding that thousands of nursing homes didn’t have a medical director in 2023 (McKnights)
- Rep. Lori Trahan calls for more transparency in the wake of Steward hospital closures (CBS)
- Hospital Margins Stabilizing, But Don't Let Up On Cost Containment (Health Leaders)
- More than one-fifth of insurers failed to pay No Surprises awards last year, provider lobby says (Health Care Dive)
- Value-Based Payment and Vanishing Small Independent Practices (JAMA Network)
- Urgent care or ER? With ‘one-stop shop,’ hospitals offer both under same roof (WP)
- CT health insurance costs out of control, commissioners say as insurers seek increases again (Hartford Courant)
- Study finds sex-based disparities in outcomes after cardiac surgery (MedicalXpress)
- Private Equity Strips and Devalues Successful Hospitals, Studies Show (Medpage Today)
- Healthcare Private Equity Transactions Under Scrutiny: Mid-Year Review (JD Supra)
- Private equity firms to acquire health care billing and payments firm R1 in $8.9 billion deal (Reuters)
- Inflation Reduction Act Health Insurance Subsidies: What is Their Impact and What Would Happen if They Expire? (KFF)
- North Carolina to offer enhanced Medicaid funds to hospitals that help eliminate medical debt (Health Care Dive)
- CMS increases abilities to fine nursing homes, hikes Medicare pay by 4.2 percent (McKnghts)
- Judge OKs Steward hospital closures in Dorchester, Ayer (Boston.Com)
- Massachusetts governor says Steward Health Care must give 120-day notice before closing hospitals (AP)
- Steward Health Care fails to secure bids on Ohio, Pennsylvania facilities (Fierce Health)
- Healthcare Costs Predicted to Jump 8%, Stretching Provider Finances Thin (Health Leaders)
- Nearly half of insured Americans get surprise expenses in medical bills, Commonwealth Fund survey finds (USA Today)
- Unforeseen Health Care Bills and Coverage Denials by Health Insurers in the U.S.(Commonwealth Fund)
- New non-profit to tackle healthcare workforce shortage across western regions of Virginia (WBDJ)
- IBM: Average Cost of a Healthcare Data Breach Increases to Almost $11 Million (HIPPA Journal)
- Georgia health coverage commission begins its effort to improve health care access (Macon Telegraph)
- Healthcare Breaches Are More Costly Than Financial Breaches: Here's Why (Forbes)
- Supreme Court overrules Chevron deference, dealing blow to federal healthcare agencies (Fierce Health)
- Fraud initiative reveals ugly, $900M wound care scheme targeting SNF patients (McKnights)
- Youngkin reestablishes Maternal Health Task Force while Virginia’s infant mortality rate is above national average (WJHL on MSN)
- Virginia’s state budget will fund OB-GYN medical residencies amid obstetrics closures (Virginia Mercury)
- Massive nationwide crackdown nets hundreds in $2.7 billion healthcare fraud sting (Jursit)
- Health care price hikes affect employment and economic stability (NewsMedical)
- Working Paper (Download PDF): Who Pays for Rising Health Care Prices? Evidence from Hospital Mergers (NBER)
- Hospital mergers tied to increased layoffs, reduced tax revenues: National Bureau of Economic Research report (Health Care Dive)
- Healthcare firms face 'a perfect storm' of liability challenges post-pandemic: How private equity and higher salaries are impacting the market (Insurance News)
- Home Heart Hospital Model Lowers Costs, Enhances Care for High-Cost Patients With CVD (AJMC)
- Tennessee gives hospital monopoly an A grade, even when it reports failure (Medical Express)
- Virginia’s Warner cosponsors ‘Tyler’s Law’ seeking more fentanyl testing in emergency rooms (Henrico Citizen)
- California Becomes Latest State To Try Capping Health Care Spending (KFF)
- After botched real estate deal, state watchdog JLARC recommends changes to VCU Health’s board (WVTF)
- Novartis sues Maryland over law mandating discounts for hospitals' outside pharmacies (Reuters)
- Mental Health Care Dominates Telehealth Visits, Study Finds (AJMC)
- Virginia’s Augusta Hospital wins CMS Health Equity Award (Beckers)
- New Maryland Law Places New Restrictions on Noncompete Agreements for Health Care and Veterinary Professionals (National Law Review)
- UnitedHealth projects shaky Medicaid redetermination aftermath (Fierce Health)
- Health Insurance Costs Will Rise Steeply if Premium Tax Credit Improvements Expire (CBPP)
- Expensive Health Insurance Premiums By Design (Forbes)
- Florida allows doctors to perform C-sections outside of hospitals (CNN)
- Maternity experts skeptical of Florida law allowing out-of-hospital C-sections (TribLive)
- After the only hospital in town closed, Williamston [NC] directs its ire at politicians (WNCT)
- State [Massachusetts] Senate will issue its own set of healthcare reforms in response to Steward crisis (Boston Herald)
- Arizona attorney general investigates Steward Health Care's bankruptcy (AZ Central)
- Steward Health Care tells bankruptcy court it plans to sell all 31 hospitals, but summer deadline 'not feasible' (Fierce Health)
- The U.S. government says it will commit millions to prevent future breaches and ransomware attacks on the healthcare sector (Fast Company)
- Nebraska health system to drop all Medicare Advantage plans (Beckers)
- Kansas jilts CVS in new Medicaid contract awards (Health Care Dive)
- NYS Dept. of Health Issues Wynn Hospital an Immediate Jeopardy' Prior to Wynn Pausing Cardiac Surgery Program (WKTV)
- CHS sues MultiPlan for allegedly colluding to lower provider reimbursement;It’s the third lawsuit filed against MultiPlan by a health system in under a year (Health Care Dive)
- Federal Agencies Seeking “Public” Reporting of Health Care Sector Anticompetitive Practices (JD Supra)
- Health care 'price fixing' has gone high tech, but FTC chief is on the case (Benefits Pro)
- Prices Paid to Hospitals by Private Health Plans: Findings from Round 5 of an Employer-Led Transparency Initiative (Rand)
- Patients with private insurance can face higher health costs at hospitals (NBC)
- Walmart closing health care clinics, ending virtual services (The Hill)
- Dual Health Insurance Coverage Declining For Adults Age 65 and Over (US Census)
- Former HHS secretaries: Congress should adopt site-neutral payments for health care (STAT)
- HCA California hospital faces pushback on trauma center closure (Beckers)
- MedStar Health teams with Dispatch Health for in-home hospital stay follow-ups (WTOP)
- Connecticut hospital mergers or acquisitions mean fewer competitors and higher prices for consumers, according to a recent state report (WCAI/NPR)
- Home healthcare for elderly sees largest price increase ever (The Hill)
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute retracts 7 studies after work of researchers is questioned (NBC Boston)
- After public push, CMS curbs health insurance agents’ access to consumer SSNs (News Medical)
- Sentara and Optima Health under investigation after drastic increase of insurance premiums (WTKR)
- In Battle Over Health Care Costs, Private Equity Plays Both Sides (NYT)
- The HHS Released Final Rules to Limit 'Junk Insurance' Scams, Protect Consumers and Lower Healthcare Costs (Managed Healthcare Exec)
- For-Profit Companies Open Psychiatric Hospitals in Areas Clamoring for Care (CBS)
- CMS Invites Hospitals To Raise Prices And Buy Physician Practices (Forbes)
- Medicaid Financing Requires Reform: The North Carolina Case Study (Health Affairs)
- Study: Post-acute care transitions during COVID-19: Racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic differences in older adults with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia (Journal AGS)
- After Appalachian Hospitals/Ballad Health [Tennessee & Virginia] Merged Into a Monopoly, Their ERs Slowed to a Crawl (KFF)
- Utah health group launches study to identify, manage growing medical costs (Daily Herald)
- Charges for emails with doctors and other healthcare providers (KFF)
- Don't Be Surprised If Your Doctor Starts Charging You for Email (Time)
- Opinion: Biden touts health care wins, but Bidenomics is driving health care costs higher (The Hill)
- Nursing homes bury 63 percent of profits in related-party tunnels, but not all play the game: study (McKnights)
- Federal regulators, clinicians make their case against private equity in healthcare (Fierce Health)
- Medicare Part D Plans Greatly Increased Utilization Restrictions On Prescription Drugs, 2011–2020 (Health Affairs)
- Hospital Mergers in 2024: Five Things to Know (Medscape)
- United Healthcare’s ransomware attack shows why supply chains are under siege (VentureBeat)
- Corporate Greed Made the Change Healthcare Cyberattack Worse (Intelligencer)
- Healthcare fraud rampant, but OIG refines its focus on nursing homes (McKnights)
- Study Findings: Addressing the Crisis in Rural Maternity Care (CHQPR)
- More than half of rural hospitals in Missouri and Kansas no longer deliver babies (KCUR)
- Employers are seeking [healthcare] claims data, but payers are refusing (Health Leaders)
- Early detection is paramount: Three Virginia health systems partner for NIH cancer research (Augusta Free Press)
- In California, faceoff between major insurer and health system shows hazards of consolidation (MedicalXpress)
- Nursing homes sue Ohio Medicaid, with hundreds of millions on the line (Plain Dealer)
- HCA Healthcare must face antitrust case over health costs, US judge says (Reuters)
- Opinion: Will West Virginia repeal its ‘Permission to Compete’ laws? (The Hill)
- Health Care Service Corp To Buy Cigna Medicare Advantage Plans (STAT)
- Inside the CMS Policies That Could Improve Care, Payments for Dual-Eligible Nursing Home Residents (Skilled Nursing News)
- US FDA says 561 deaths related to Philips [ventilator] machines since 2021 (Reuters)
- Many young patients choose TAVR despite better long-term survival with surgery (NewsMedical)
- DOJ’s Healthcare Probes of AI Tools Rooted in Purdue Pharma Case (Bloomberg)
- Heavy healthcare hiring softened sting of quits, analysis suggests (Beckers)
- Vermont Considers Bringing Its Version of Washington’s ‘My Health My Data Act’ To New England (JDSupra)
- Tech start-ups are giving US healthcare services a slick makeover (BBC)
- Chapter 11 bankruptcies spiked across healthcare in 2023, particularly for hospitals (FierceHealthcare)
- Senate probes the cost of assisted living and its burden on American families (NewsMedical)
- Alaska Adopts New Out-of-State Pharmacy Requirements (JDSupra)
- Hospitals owned by private equity are harming patients, reports find (ArsTechnica)
- Experts Warn of Looming Private Equity Interest in Cardiology Care (TctMD)
- Despite opposition from health care providers, Dunleavy administration repeals longstanding regulation meant to hold down costs (Anchorage Daily News)
- Florida House panel backs health care plan (CBS)
- Lack of reliable transportation could have negative health impacts: CDC (The Hill)
- New Nursing Home Transparency Rules and Their Impact on Real Estate Owners (JDSupra)
- Henry Ford Health cardiologists publish case series study on heart valve procedure; Procedure shows promise for treating severely calcified mitral valve stenosis (EurekaAlert)
- Health Insurance Premiums Set to Jump Over 6% This Year (Money on MSN)
- Taking a deeper look at the cause of medical staffing shortages in Southwest Virginia (WFXR)
- Health Plans Can’t Dodge Paying for Expensive New Cancer Treatments, Says Michigan’s Top Insurance Regulator (ProPulbica)
- Why Many Insured Californians Avoid Hospitals In This County: ‘It’S Just Too Much’(SFGate)
- Nursing Home Deficiencies Jumped Almost 10% Since 2015 and Staffing Levels Are To Blame (KFF)
- Experts scrutinize HHS' plan to improve primary care (Beckers)
- Changes in Hospital Adverse Events and Patient Outcomes Associated With Private Equity Acquisition (JAMA Network)
- Why Are Health Insurance Costs Soaring in Washington State? (Governing)
- ‘Tradeoffs’: How the Loss of a Rural Hospital Compounds the Collapse of Care (KHN)
- Hospital consolidation drives high health care costs in Maine, according to progressive think tank (BangorDailyNews)
- Remote Patient Monitoring Drives Care Outside the Hospital (AJMC)
- California’s ambitious Medicaid experiment gets tripped up in implementation (NewsMedical)
- A Cigna-Humana merger could face a long regulatory delay. But it might get approved.(HealthCareDive)
- Joint Commission unveils new health data certification (Becker’s)
- Sentara Health becomes sole owner of Velocity Urgent Care (WTKR)
- New 4-in-1 test can differentiate between swine flu, COVID-19, RSV, and influenza (NewsMedical)
- CMS says states could lose funding over Medicaid redeterminations issues (HealthCareDive)
- Extra Fees Drive Assisted Living Profits (KHN)
- UnitedHealth faces class action lawsuit over algorithmic care denials in Medicare Advantage plans (STAT)
- Hospitals: UHC's 2024 MA coverage policy blatantly violates' new CMS coverage requirements (Fierce Health)
- Some of the longest emergency room wait times in Maryland can stretch almost a whole day (WTOP)
- Decades after blood pressure-related pregnancy complications, Hispanic/Latina women can have changes in heart structure and function (EurekaAlert)
- CMS finalizes rule requiring greater transparency for nursing home ownership (Fierce Health)
- What Long-Term Care Looks Like Around the World (KHN)
- State attorney general, doctors and nurses criticize HCA over patient care at North Carolina's Mission Hospital (NBC)
- FTC blocks Tenet Healthcare, John Muir Health's California hospital deal (Fierce Health)
- Ballad Health, the only hospital system across a swath of Tennessee and Virginia, has fallen short of quality-of-care and charity care obligations (USA Today/KFF)
- AHA urges lawmakers to roll back online tracking tech restrictions (HealthCareDive)
- These Employers Took On Healthcare Costs, and the Fight Got Nasty (WSJ)
- Hospitals are dropping Medicare Advantage (Beckers)
- Cigna to pay $172M to settle claims it overcharged Medicare Advantage program (Fierce Health)
- The latest Medicaid unwinding dilemma (WP)
- Medicaid Enrollment and Unwinding :Tracking State Medicaid Disenrollment (KFF)
- Brief (PDF): Hospital Concentration Decreases Care for Medicaid Beneficiaries (NIHCM)
- Private Equity-Owned Healthcare Companies to Join in $3 Billion Merger (WSJ)
- CBO: Center tasked with saving Medicare money falls short (Politico)
- New recommendations to improve outcomes at US congenital heart surgery centers (NewsMedical)
- Kaiser Permanente workers say deal unlikely to avert strike (Reuters)
- Private equity firms and publicly traded companies shift their operational strategies to maximize profits, according to a study (HealthCareDive)
- Study: Changes in Diagnoses and Site of Care for Patients Receiving Hospice Care From Agencies Acquired by Private Equity Firms and Publicly Traded Companies (JAMA Network)
- Brief: Ensuring Continuous Eligibility for Medicaid and CHIP: Coverage and Cost Impacts for Adults (Commonwealth Fund)
- The Cost Shift, The Health Care Ecosystem, And Commercial Prices (Health Affairs)
- Study: Skilled Nursing Facility Changes in Ownership and Short-Stay Medicare Patient Outcomes (JAMA Network)
- Nursing home sales a ‘symptom’ of poor quality: researchers (McKnights)
- Hospitals say New Mexico's rising malpractice payout cap puts insurance out of reach (SantaFe News)
- Albany-area hospitals continue to see longest ER wait times in state (Times Union)
- Cannabis related hospital visits are on the rise in Virginia, specifically among kids and teens (WVEC on MSN)
- Maximizing Nonprofit Hospitals’ Role In Community Health Improvement (Health Affairs)
- Half of Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries Left Plan After 5 Years (Health Payer)
- Nursing Homes Must Boost Staffing Under First-Ever National Standards (WSJ on MSN)
- Patients in public hospitals experience more discharge delays: Study (Beckers)
- As pharmaceutical companies bemoan Medicare’s drug negotiations, hospitals and doctors stay mum (STAT)
- HHS Scores Win in Low-Income Medicare Payment Row With Hospitals (BloombergLaw)
- Medicare Shared Savings Program ACOs Saved $1.8B in 2022, CMS Reports (RevCycle)
- Cigna Accused of Using AI, Not Doctors, to Deny Claims: Lawsuit (Medscape)
- Medicare slashes safety net hospital payments on estimate that more people have insurance (STAT)
- Health insurers don’t want you to know where your money is going (Crains)
- Why going critical access was 'not a hard decision' for a Maine hospital (Beckers)
- Uninsured rate hits record low, just as millions start losing Medicaid coverage (The Hill)
- What Happens When Private Equity Buys Your Doctor's Office? (Time)
- Who Employs Your Doctor? Increasingly, a Private Equity Firm. A new study finds that private equity firms own more than half of all specialists in certain U.S. Markets.(NYT)
- Be Aware: Someone Could Steal Your Medical Records and Bill You for Their Care (KFF)
- HCA's Sam Hazen states that an internal investigation finds the private information of approximately 11 million patients was compromised (Health Care Finance)
- Health data of 1.7 million Oregon residents accessed by MOVEit hackers (TechCrunch)
- Data Breach Exposes Personal Information of 612K Medicare Recipients (Kiplinger/MSN)
- The biggest health care data breaches you should know about in Virginia (Stacker)
- AHA, BCBSA urge CMS to ditch conflicting requirements in prior authorization reform proposal (Fierce Health)
- State (Connecticut) creates nursing home ownership transparency rules ahead of federal action (McKnights)
- Docs shift to larger, hospital-owned practices to have more negotiation power with payers, AMA analysis finds (Fierce Health)
- FTC withdraws ‘outdated’ antitrust policy statements. Hospitals cry foul (HealthCareDive)
- Brief: What Share of Nursing Facilities Would Meet Possible New Staffing Requirements? (KFF)
- Few nursing homes would comply with recommended staffing standard, analysis shows (AXIOS)
- Over a year after nursing home staffing law, NY homes still fail to meet mandates (Crains)
- AHCA to White House: Nursing home staffing mandate spells ‘disaster’ (McKnights)
- Taking a Look at 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline Implementation One Year After Launch (KFF)
- Virginia sees 50% increase in people using 988 during crisis hotline’s first year (WSLS)
- VA lays groundwork for first major survey of moral injury in veterans (Military Times)
- Medicare has a new plan to address drug shortages — but it could backfire (STAT)
- 12 Highest-Cost States for Medicare Drug Bills (ThinkAdvisor)
- 10 Prescription Drugs Took Up 22% of Medicare Part D Spending in 2021 (MedCity)
- New Virginia law requires hospitals to post price list online (WRIC)
- Hospitals, health systems facing lawsuits for data breaches (Beckers)
- HCA Healthcare hit with at least 4 class-action lawsuits days after disclosing massive data breach (Fierce Health)
- Johns Hopkins hit with class action suit following data breach (HealthCareDive)
- HCA reports data security incident affecting estimated 11M patients (HealthCareDive)
- CMS Proposes Payment Cuts in CY24 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (RevCycle)
- Medicare 2024 Base Pay Cut Announcement Spurs Calls for Reform (Medscape)
- Alarming’ COVID-19 treatment rates in nursing homes discovered (McKnights
- New Virginia law requires hospitals to post price list online (WRIC)
- Health Connect America Gets Fined $4.6M for Wrongful Billing of Virginia Medicaid (MedCity)
- Nearly 3 million people cut from Medicaid coverage even though many might still be eligible (MSN/CNBC)
- Expanding Medicaid improved care without crowding out other patients (MedicalXpress)
- Medi-Cal’s Fragmented System Can Make Moving a Nightmare (KHN)
- How UnitedHealth’s acquisition of a popular Medicare Advantage algorithm sparked internal dissent over denied care (STAT)
- Richmond healthcare services company owner sentenced to 51 months in prison for fraud (Augusta Free Press)
- Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis Who Cannot Undergo Surgery (Medscape)
- Researchers discover new opportunities for preventing kidney injury following cardiac surgery (MedicalXpress)
- Long-term Mortality and Pacing Outcomes of Patients with Permanent Pacemaker Implantation after Cardiac Surgery (Medscape)
- Wider access to health insurance via Medicaid expansion improved cardiac care (Eureka!)
- The top 10 nonprofit health systems by 2022 operating revenue (Fierce Health)
- Lawmakers pass on increasing nursing home staffing minimums but hike transparency requirements (McKnights)
- The 21st Century Cures Act Final Rule aims to curb any interference with electronic health information. Despite this, some hospitals still report possible instances of information blocking (EHRIntel)
- Study:Experiences with information blocking in the United States: a national survey of hospitals (JAMIA)
- What's Changed Since HCA's Takeover of Mission Health? (Medpage)
- Podcast (w/Transcript): Kelsey Owsley on 340B's Effect on Oncology Services (Health Affairs)
- AHIP Urges 4 Types of Policies to Reduce Healthcare Spending (Health Payer)
- Brief: Health Care Affordability Improved Between 2019 and 2022 Under Pandemic Health Coverage Policies (RWJ)
- The hospital association said the proposed update to the market basket of the Inpatient Prospective Payment System is inadequate, citing market forces and workforce woes (RevCycle)
- Nursing homes serving Black residents found to have greater hospitalizations, emergency department visits (MedicalXpress)
- Nursing home residents reluctant to voice concerns, report abuse or neglect for fear of retaliation: survey (The Hill)
- United Healthcare draws fire from docs over new prior authorization policy for colonoscopies (Fierce Health)Using
- COVID-19 positive donor hearts may impact post-transplant survival (MedicalXpress)
- Court Upholds ACA Preventive Care Compliance Amid Legal Proceedings (Health Payer)
- No Surprises Act IDR Process Once Again Exceeds Utilization Expectations (Health Leaders)
- Independent Dispute Resolution Case Load 14X More Than Expected (RevCycle)
- Monopoly concerns push FTC to sue to block Amgen’s more than $26B deal for Horizon (The Hill)
- Complementary and Alternative Medicines in HF: Key Takeaways From the AHA Statement (Medscape)
- Hospitals create police forces to stem growing violence against staff (WPR/NPR)
- Data leak may affect patients of multiple Virginia health care providers (Daily Press)
- State Lawmakers (Oregon) Eye Forced Treatment to Address Overlap in Homelessness and Mental Illness (KFF)
- An opportunity to enhance our model': Geisinger CEO Dr. Jaewon Ryu on Risant Health (Beckers)
- Kaiser Permanente discloses timeline, financial commitments for its VBC megadeal with Geisinger Health (Fierce Health)
- Kaiser Foundation Hospitals' new nonprofit Risant Health is acquiring Geisinger Health (Health Care Finance)
- Civil trial begins for first US nursing home with COVID outbreak, deaths (McKnights)
- The Health Plan Price Transparency Data Files Are a Mess- States Can Help Make Them Better (Health Affairs)
- VA renegotiates health record modernization contract (MSN)
- Razor Thin Margins Leave Hospitals Vulnerable to a Recession (RevCycle)
- Artificial intelligence is infiltrating health care. We shouldn’t let it make all the decisions (MIT Technology Review)
- Dr. Karen Shelton appointed as next Virginia State Health Commissioner (August Free Press)
- While the benefits of hospital-at-home programs are becoming apparent, providers may face several barriers to implementation, including developing and updating clinical workflows (Health Intelligence)
- How Hawaii plans to advance pediatric emergency care (Beckers)
- Senate COVID origins report details lab leak theory (Axios/MSN)
- The federal department has released ownership data for all Medicare-certified hospice and home health agencies to increase healthcare transparency (RevCycle)
- Pandemic-era Medicare pay bump not enough to cover hospitals' 17.5% expense growth, AHA argues (Fierce Health)
- Lawmakers, union attack AHCA’s opposition to nursing home staffing mandate (McKnights)
- Opinion: It’s time to address the unaffordability of affordable health care (The Hill)
- The looming Medicaid purge is sending a chill through hospitals (Crains)
- Millions at risk of losing Medicaid coverage as pandemic-era program ends (PBS)
- Heart injury biomarker may help COVID-19 patients avoid hospitalization, new study shows (MedicalXpress)
- Virginia nonprofit sues for Irvo Otieno hospital records in death probe (WP/MSN)
- How does medical inflation compare to inflation in the rest of the economy? (KFF)
- Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease See Higher Hospital Readmission Rates (Revcycle)
- Study: Readmission Rates and Episode Costs for Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias Across Hospitals in a Statewide Collaborative (JAMA Network)
- Research into directories of UnitedHealth, Elevance, Cigna, Aetna, and Humana uncovers inaccuracies that can lead to surprise billing and delays in care (Health Leaders)
- Study: Consistency of Physician Data Across Health Insurer Directories (JAMA Network)
- Kentucky governor vetoes attempt to scrap expanded Medicaid benefits (Beckers)
- Health insurers balk at price demands in Colorado governor’s signature health insurance program (Colorado Sun)
- Rising drug shortages pose national security threat, Senate panel says (The Hill)
- HHS plans revamp of US organ transplant network with updated IT, more competition (FierceHealth)
- eHealth Research Highlights Economic Factors that Drive Enrollment in Medicare Advantage vs Medicare Supplement (Market Watch)
- Medicaid and CHIP Eligibility, Enrollment, and Renewal Policies as States Prepare for the Unwinding of the Pandemic-Era Continuous Enrollment Provision (KFF)
- Med Center and Top Cardio Surgeon Must Pay $8.5 Million for Fraud, Concurrent Surgeries (Medscape)
- Medicare Advantage, insuring 1 million patients in North Carolina, faces new challenges to costs, practices (NC Healthcare News)
- 2023 Medicare Advantage Enrollment Growth Has Shifted and Slowed (Health Payer)
- Office for Civil Rights brings 2 reports to Congress regarding state of HIPAA compliance and cybersecurity (Fierce Health)
- Georgia bill to replace certificate of need advances (Beckers)
- A new American Hospital Association report takes a closer look at the biggest challengers to healthcare's status quo (Health Leaders)
- Under a new program, rural hospitals could get more money — but they have to end inpatient care (Mississippi Today)
- Medicaid enrollees largely unaware of upcoming redeterminations, survey finds (HealthCareDive)
- Pandemic-era legislation allowed Medicaid programs to keep people continuously enrolled, but new data spells trouble for people and provider revenue when that expires (RevCycle)
- Doctors Are Disappearing From Emergency Rooms as Hospitals Look to Cut Costs (Medscape)
- North Carolina House overwhelmingly approves its latest plan to expand Medicaid (WGHP)
- FTC’s enforcement action against GoodRx unveiled a new regulatory threat. Should digital health apps be concerned? (HealthCareDive)
- White House announces plans to enhance transparency over nursing home ownership (The Hill)
- More than 75% of Tennessee's rural hospitals at high risk of closure (MSN)
- Youngkin administration hands health commissioner duties to Lindsay (MSN)
- Evaluation of Prices for Surgical Procedures Within and Outside Hospital Networks in the US (JAMA Network)
- U.S. Health Care from a Global Perspective, 2022: Accelerating Spending, Worsening Outcomes (Commonwelath Fund)
- We're Still Gonna Say No': Inside UnitedHealthcare's Effort to Deny Coverage to Chronically Ill (Pro Publica)
- Nonprofit hospitals may evade noncompete ban enforcement, experts say (HealthCareDive)
- Follow-up colonoscopy rates low after positive stool-based test (MedicalXpress)
- Colorectal Cancer: New Blood Test May Help Determine if Chemotherapy is Needed After Surgery (Healthline)
- Bill Targeting Minimum Staffing Standards, Value-Based Purchasing Gains Traction in Virginia (Skilled Nursing)
- Maryland lawmakers seek to remake the state’s health delivery system (Washington Post)
- How this law (No Surprise Act) reshaped medical billing, and what challenges remain for patients (PBS)
- The portal to resolve surprise bills has been inundated with disputes — SCP Health tops the list (HealthCareDive)
- The No Surprises Act and ‘Good Faith Estimate’: What Is It and When Is It Required (MedCityNews)
- Healthcare workers union petitions FDA to recall Fresenius dialysis machines (UPI)
- Ransomware Attacks at Record Levels; Healthcare Organizations Must Be Ready Via Data Security and Disaster Response Policies and Procedures (National Law Review)
- State Health Plan (NC) rejects appeals from Blue Cross NC and United Healthcare (Charlotte Observer)
- State, hospital association paint different pictures of Colorado nonprofit hospitals' finances (KUSA)
- More than 8 in 10 nursing homes face staffing shortages (The Hill); AHCH State of the Nursing Home Industry Study 2023 (ACHA)
- South Carolina lawmakers to consider ending part of approval process for new health care facilities (WBTW)
- Study says U.S. hospital giant HCA puts profits above patient care (NBC)
- Closing at UPMC hospital in central Pa. surprises, worries mayor of rural town (PennLive)
- Record High in U.S. Put Off Medical Care Due to Cost in 2022 (Gallup)
- Certificate of need changes in the Carolinas: What ASCs need to know in 2023 (Beckers)
- Providers, Payers In Ongoing “Tug-of-War” Over ED Coding, Study Says (RevCycle)
- CMS Proposes Bid to Speed Up Insurers' Prior Authorization Decisions (Medscape)
- Payer, Provider Orgs React to Prior Authorization Proposed Rule (HealthPayer)
- Considerations for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Its State, Local, Territorial, and Tribal Public Health Partners (RWJF)
- Issue Brief: Patients and Providers Faced with Increasing Delays in Timely Discharges (AHA)
- High Deductibles Keep Some Women From Follow-Up After Troubling Mammogram (USNews)
- For-profit health systems HCA Healthcare, Tenet Healthcare Corporation, and Community Health Systems have all had positive operating margins for most quarters during the pandemic (RevCycle)
- 7 Challenges, Opportunities for All-Payer Claims Databases (Health Payer)
- Critical changes in COVID-19 standards of care associated with improved mortality outcomes (MedicalXpress)
- Should older seniors risk major surgery? New research offers guidance (SFGate)
- Potential Effects of the Proposed Medicaid Eligibility Rule for Newly Enrolled Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees (KFF)
- AMA found that around a third of Medicare Advantage markets in 2021 had one insurer with a market share of 50 percent or more, indicating low competition levels (HealthPayer)
- Senate Dems urge action on false Medicare marketing (AXIOS)
- Hospitals likely face difficult service line decisions amid growing financial woes, Kaufman Hall warns (Fierce Health)
- CMS releases final payment rules for 2023: 15 takeaways (Becker’s)
- Half of hospitals spend just 1.4% of expenses on charity care, KFF finds (HealthcareDive)
- Rural Emergency Hospitals – CY 2023 OPPS Final Rule Includes Additional Information on New Medicare Provider Type (National Law Review)
- Lobbying Expenditures in the US Health Care Sector, 2000-2020 (JAMA Network)
- 'Calm before the storm': Health insurance costs set to spike after they stayed mostly flat in 2022, survey finds (MSN)
- Payment Policy And The Challenges Of Medicare And Medicaid Integration For Dual-Eligible Beneficiaries (Health Affairs)
- LCMC Health and Tulane University announce partnership with LCMC to acquire three HCA hospitals through the agreement (Tulane)
- U.S. Hospitals Under Strain as ER Wait Times Lengthen (US News)
- Home health services patients sue HHS secretary over Medicare policy (The Hill)
- Beleaguered Bright slashes footprint, fully exiting all ACA markets, nixing MA for 9 states with ony Caifonia and Florida left (Health Care Dive)
- Research Brief: The Role Of Administrative Waste In Excess US Health Spending (Health Affairs)
- CMS Seeks Input on National Directory of Healthcare Providers (RevCycle)
- Major worldwide study clusters long COVID symptoms into 3 groups (Fierce Health)
- If passed, the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA) could have significant implications for health data privacy outside of HIPAA (HealthIT)
- An ‘unprecedented’ hospital system hack disrupts health-care services (MSN)
- Patients for Profit - How Private Equity is Hijacking Health Care: Death Is Anything but a Dying Business as Private Equity Cashes In (KHN)
- NC Hospitals Propose to Fund Medicaid Expansion, Reform CON Laws (Health Payer)
- Emergency Out-of-Network Payments Were Twice the Benchmark Level (Medscape)
- Comparison of Estimated No Surprises Act Qualifying Payment Amounts and Payments to In-Network and Out-of-Network Emergency Medicine Professionals (JAMA Forum)
- ‘The Hell That They Put Me Through’: Nursing Homes Are Suing Caregivers for Debts They Don’t Owe, Regulator Says (Barrons)
- Amazon Care is shutting down at the end of 2022. Here's why (Fierce Health)
- Private equity bought a nursing home, leading to staff cuts and a decline in care (Marketplace)
- Atlanta Medical Center closure: What you need to know (Beckers)
- Major Atlanta hospital announces closure, drawing mayor’s ire (MPT/PBS)
- AI predicts demand for hospital beds for patients coming through emergency department (Medcial Xpress)
- National database for showing nursing home ownership has gaps, report says (Axios)
- How Can We Improve the Hospital Discharge Process?(Medpage)
- New rural hospital model draws interest — and questions (Crains)
- Buy and Bust: Collapse of Private Equity-Backed Rural Hospitals Mired Employees in Medical Bills (KHN)
- Colorado's new hospital price transparency law adds 'real teeth' to weak federal enforcement, experts say (Fierce Health)
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Older Historic Inpatient Trends:
Beds, Days, Occupancy and ED Visits
Economic Population Demographics
- Northern Virginia Comparative Economic Characteristics 2015 - 2019 ACS by County (Excel Workbook)
Leading Causes of Death
Leading Causes of Death with tables by PD/County/Independent City for Virginia residents (Excel)
Leading Causes of Death Charts Northern Virginia, Virginia rand United Stated 2010-2019 (PDF)
Covid-19: Data Charts (PDF)
Members of the public are invited to listen in on the December 16, 2024
Board of Directors Meeting.
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