• Supreme Court rules against patents on human DNA

  June 13, 2013
  Blog Post | Oncology Roundtable

  In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court ruled that naturally occurring genes cannot be patented, but synthetic genes can.

• What the telecom wars can teach us about hospital pricing strategy

  June 12, 2013
  Blog Post | Advisory Board Company

  A telecom giant was overtaken by competitors because it didn't understand its own costs or apply them to their pricing. Is there a lesson there for hospitals?

• Envisioning a world with payment parity for APs and physicians

  June 12, 2013
  Blog Post | Medical Group Strategy Council

  Learn about MedPAC's recent recommendations to equalize reimbursements for APs and physicians, why the movement is gaining traction, and how payment parity would impact medical groups.

• A changing growth outlook for CV services

  June 12, 2013
  Expert Perspective | Cardiovascular Roundtable

  To help members strategize under new market pressures, we've provided new forecasts for the CV business and updated our Inpatient and Outpatient Market Estimators. Read on to learn what's in store.

• Iora Health on Dr. Zubin 'ZDoggMD' Damania's new clinic

  June 12, 2013
  Blog Post | Care Transformation Center

  When Dr. Zubin "ZDoggMD" Damania isn't creating his next YouTube hit, he's teaming up with Iora Health on a Las Vegas clinic that will deliver primary care services to any individual for a monthly fee.

• MedPAC calls for 'site-neutral' payments

  June 17, 2013
  Daily Briefing

  The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission on Friday outlined several recommendations for the Medicare program, including a policy that would equalize payment rates for evaluation and management visits provided inside or outside a hospital.

• Hospitals worry about cost-sharing in ACA health plans

  June 17, 2013
  Daily Briefing

  Although the Affordable Care Act will expand access to insurance coverage in 2014, hospitals are worried that millions of Americans will enroll in high-deductible plans that will force them to pay out of pocket and lead to more uncompensated-care costs.

• Are you cheating yourself of the sleep you need?

  June 17, 2013
  Daily Briefing

  Millions of Americans are unwittingly getting too little sleep—and research shows that it may have a major effect on their health, Jane Brody writes this week in the New York Times' "Well."

• Chicago doctors allegedly 'cut throats' for cash

  June 17, 2013
  Daily Briefing

  More troubling details—including allegations that one doctor over-sedated patients in order to perform unnecessary surgeries—continue to emerge from the federal government's case against Chicago's Sacred Heart Hospital, Charles Babcock reports for Bloomberg News.

• Wyden: ACOs could improve chronic care—if they make these four changes

  June 17, 2013
  Daily Briefing

  Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) last week outlined four methods to improve treatment of Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions through better use of accountable care organizations.

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