The clinics will be staffed by nurses, and patients will be able to consult with physicians via telemedicine, in today's bite-sized hospital and health industry news from California, Massachusetts, and New Mexico.
The Congressional Budget Office projects premiums on the Affordable Care Act's exchanges will rise by 15 percent in 2018, but the marketplace will remain stable, with enrollment rising slightly to 11 million people.
The Cleveland Clinic pledged itself to a new diversity and inclusion action plan, and it's first focus is addressing unconscious bias in the workplace, according to CEO Toby Cosgrove.
Citing success under the Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) initiative, providers are urging CMS to pursue more multi-payer reimbursement models, arguing that multi-payer models will further the industry's shift toward value-based care, Virgil Dickson writes for Modern Healthcare.
Linda McEvoy, study author and an associate professor at the University of California-San Diego's School of Medicine, says the study found that "alcohol consumption is not only associated with reduced mortality, but with greater chances of remaining cognitively healthy into older age."
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb says "guidelines for how to approach allergens in children are changing, the science is changing, and it's important for parents to know."
