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According to the Government Accountability Office report, HHS does not have an effective process for measuring whether efforts to increase patients' engagement with their electronic health records are working.
Glenn Steele, the former CEO of Geisinger Health System, led a remarkable turnaround at the health system by finding a "sweet spot" between clinical integration and physician independence, according to an analysis of his memoirs published in Health Affairs.
PTC Therapeutics, which is purchasing the Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug from Marathon Pharmaceuticals, said it has not yet determined how it will price Emflaza.
New research published in PLOS One finds initial studies were about five times more likely than follow-up studies to be covered in newspapers—but just 34 percent of the initial studies covered by newspapers were later confirmed in a meta-analysis.
The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) in a letter sent Wednesday to CMS asked the agency to immediately notify clinicians and group practices of whether they are exempt from certain MACRA requirements, Healthcare Finance News reports.
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