The Daily Briefing team put together a chart to help you understand several key provisions and effects of the Affordable Care Act, House-passed American Health Care Act (AHCA), and newly released Senate health care bill discussion draft.
The suit alleges the defendants "created a sprawling campaign of misinformation and deception," in today's bite-sized hospital and health industry news from California, Indiana, and Missouri.
The Senate Thursday released its long-awaited health reform draft bill, but GOP senators say more changes will be needed to secure the 50 votes needed to pass the bill in the Senate.
Health care provider and public health groups on Thursday almost unanimously criticized the Senate's draft health reform bill, saying the proposed Medicaid changes would result in larger cuts than the House-approved American Health Care Act.
Christiana Care Health System cut its Medicare 90-day readmission rate by 30 percent by integrating information technology into its patient discharge process, Andis Robeznieks writes for Hospitals & Health Networks.
The study also shows an increase in the number of firearm-related suicides that occurred among U.S. children from 2012 to 2014, particularly among Native American and white children.
While people die from a variety of causes, the hours immediately preceding "death are similar across the vast majority of human afflictions," Sara Manning Peskin, a neurology resident at the University of Pennsylvania, writes for New York Times' "Well."
Researchers say hospitals in states that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act "have experienced shifts in payer mix from uninsured to Medicaid, leading to reductions in hospital uncompensated care and improved financial positions."
Doctors weigh in on the most underappreciated medical inventions, research shows that experiencing a bigger variety of good feelings brings health benefits, and more.
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