RealClearHealth Week of April 18, 2016 Archives

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Monday, April 18
ONC Fail: EHR "Data Blocking" Still Rampant
Joseph Conn Modern HC
U.S. Should Want a Refund on EHR Spending
D. Gorenstein Marketplace
UnitedHealth to Exit Michigan Exchange
Zachary Tracer Detroit News
What Insurance Consolidation Means for Premiums
Peter Ubel Forbes
CMS Innovation Center Weighs Quality, Cost
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar AP
Can Fixed Payments Transform Health Care?
Guy Boulton Milwaukee JS
Immunotherapy Doubles Melanoma Survival
Laurie McGinley WP
You Can Get Vision Prescriptions Online Now
Kim Painter USA Today
Question of Risk: Medtronic's Lost Study
Jim Spencer et al. Star Tribune
More Doctors Want Legalized Marijuana
Christopher Ingraham Wonkblog
Standard of Care for Rectal Cancer Isn't Standard
R. Preidt HealthDay
Prostate Cancer Drops as Fewer Men Smoke
Maggie Fox NBC News
Why I'm Hooked on "Doctor-Hailing" Apps
Gabriela Barkho Motherboard
Patti Davis on Caring for Loved Ones With Dementia
Rene Lynch LAT
Make Childhood Cancer a "Moonshot" Priority
David A. Williams Stat


Tuesday, April 19
UnitedHealth Exit Would Hurt Some States
Zachary Tracer Bloomberg
Theranos Is Subject of Criminal Probe by U.S.
Weaver & Carreyrou WSJ
Holmes to Unveil Theranos Data in August
Meghana Keshavan MedCity
CMS Drops Two-Midnight Rule's Payment Cuts
Virgil Dickson Mod. HC
Customers Dumped From Covered California
Emily Bazar California HL
Medicaid Expansion Encourages Poor to Seek Care
Phil Galewitz KHN
Biosimilars More Costly for Some on Medicare
Ed Silverman Pharmalot
States Seek to Regulate Air Ambulance Costs
Amy Beth Hanson AP
Rethinking How Doctors Treat Pain
Booker & De Melker PBS NewsHour
OxyContin Helped Spark an Epidemic
Richard Gunderman Conversation
Doctors Issue Call on Climate Change
Dennis Thompson HealthDay
Why the Polio Vaccine Is Changing
Brian Resnick Vox
Shopping Helps, But Costs Still a Concern
Sean Miskell GU CHIR
Don't Forget Remaining Uninsured
Anne Filipic Morning Consult
Debunking Republican Health Care Myths
New York Times


Wednesday, April 20
MedPAC Wants Insurers Help Contain Drug Costs
Robert Pear NYT
Insurers, Pharma Seek to Share Specialty Drug Info
Caitlin Owens MC
Out-of-Pocket Cap On, Premiums Up
Joseph Burns Managed Care
Growing Debate on Compounding Pharmacies
Ed Silverman Pharmalot
United ACA Exit Raises New Concerns Over Law
Paul Demko Politico
United Decision Adds Pricing Pressure on Rivals
Caroline Humer Reuters
Obama Officials Warn About Planned Parenthood Cuts
Lena H. Sun WP
New Guidance On SHOP Online Enrollment
Timothy Jost Health Affairs
Cuts to Public Health Could Hamper Zika Response
Liz Szabo USAT
FDA Ads Warn Against Chewing Tobacco
Dennis Thompson HealthDay
Life Expectancy Drops For White Women
Alison Kodjak NPR
Whistle-Blowers, Health Care & U.S. Law
Noah Feldman Bloomberg View
United's Exit From "Unsustainable" Exchanges
Avik Roy Apothecary
Why Cancer Should Be a Campaign Issue
Fox News
Revisiting Clinton's Record on Health Care
Harris Meyer Modern HC


Thursday, April 21
Cigna/Anthem Not Exiting Obamacare
Suzanne O'Halloran Fox Business
United Hasn't Given Up on ACA Altogether
Laura Lorenzetti Fortune
Tavenner: ACA Premium Increases Coming
Caitlin Owens Morn. Consult
New Insurance Market Unfolds in Real Time
Dan Gorenstein Marketplace
Patient Screening May Lead To Medicare Penalties
Jordan Rau KHN
Is There a Better Measure for Patient Safety?
Nancy Derringer Bridge
Some Firms Offer Employees Free Surgery
Michael Tomsic NPR
No Signs of Compromise in Contraception Case
Louise Radnofsky WSJ
Congress Takes Another Look at Meaningful Use
Neil Versel MedCity
House Democrats Hammer GOP Over Public Health
Sarah Ferris Hill
Readmission vs. Observation after the ACA
Rena Xu NEJM
New Hope for "Bubble Boy" Disease
Robert Preidt HealthDay
Former CMS Leaders on Getting Things Done
Timothy Trysla HA Blog
The Wrong Way to Control Drug Prices
Peter Rheinstein Wash. Times
Donald Trump's Empty Health Care Promises
James C. Capretta EPPC


Friday, April 22
Obscure SCOTUS Case Is a Big Deal for Rx Drugs
Dylan Scott Stat
Can Transparency Drive Down Drug Prices?
Rebecca Plevin KPCC
Refining How to Rate the Best Hospitals
Harder & Comarow U.S. News
CMS Proposes Raising Some Payment Rates
Dickson et al. Modern HC
FDA's Foray Into Big Data Still Maturing
Bridget M. Kuehn JAMA
Bill Would Boost Rural Medicare Payments
Holly Fletcher Tennessean
Ark. Gov's Veto Preserves Medicaid Expansion
Brandon Riddle Ark. D-G
Safety Oversight Sought for NIH Hospital
Nell Greenfieldboyce NPR
9 Questions on a Post-SGR World
Emily Rappleye Becker's Hospital CFO
CDC: U.S. Suicides Have Soared Since 1999
Melissa Healy L.A. Times
How Much Money Doctors Make
Brodwin & Radovanovic Business Insider
Health Care That Targets Social Needs
Nirav R. Shah NEJM Catalyst
Employers Are Realizing They Are the Insurer
David Chase Forbes
Theranos Is the Collision of Hope and Greed
Arthur L. Caplan Time
The Mess That is MACRA
Kip Sullivan The Health Care Blog
Saturday, April 23
In Search of Fair Drug Prices
David Lazarus Los Angeles Times
Celebrity Cases Spur Rise in Double Mastectomies
Kathleen Doheny HD
The Secrets of the Very Old And Healthy Start Early
Nancy Shute NPR
What Happens After an Elderly Parent Is Hospitalized?
Jill Adams WP
Assisted Living Now Topping $5,000 a Month
Emily Gurnon Next Ave.
Does Your Doctor Have Malpractice Claims?
Nichole Bazemore Forbes
Ethical Questions Over Doctors' Smartphones
Tom Blackwell Nat'l Post
Lessons From the Rise and Fall of Theranos
Norman A. Paradis Conv.
A One-Armed Robot Will Look After Me Until I Die
Geoff Watts Mosaic
Cold Medicine Is Linked to Cognitive Problems
Mandy Oaklander Time
Killing Cancer From the Inside Out
Bloomberg
Most HIV Patients Don't Get Needed Care
Laura Nyblade Daily Beast
Oral Health Often Overlooked in Insurance
Susan Sered Conversation
Don't Panic Over a U.S. Zika Outbreak
Marc Siegel Slate
A Dyson Hand Dryer Is Like a Viral Bomb
Beth Mole Ars Technica
Monday, April 25
More Hefty Price Hikes on More Drugs
Ed Silverman Pharmalot
Your Drugs Are About to Get More Expensive
Devon Herrick THCB
Germany Is New Drug Pricing Battlefield
Johannes Koch Bloomberg
Meet the Top Doctor at Google's Medical Arm
Leena Rao Fortune
GOP Group Submits ACA Replacement Plan
Peter Sullivan The Hill
Clinton, Sanders Disagree on Soda Taxes
Margot Sanger-Katz N.Y. Times
Insurers Struggle With Cost of Genetic Tests
Joseph Burns Managed Care
Anti-Aging Trial Has Seniors Scrambling to Sign Up
Jennifer Levitz WSJ
Pediatrician Group Opposes N.C. Bathroom Bill
Robert Preidt HealthDay
Teen Opioid Abuse and Adult Addiction
Andy Steiner MinnPost
Hospital Merger Indigestion
Melanie Evans Modern Healthcare
TPP Is a Healthy Agreement
Washington Post
UnitedHealth's Withdrawal From ObamaCare
Michael F. Cannon Cato
What Drug Ads Don't Say
Richard A. Friedman New York Times
What's Next for Sanders' Health Care Crusade
Jonathan Cohn Huff. Post


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