Health Care News and Resources – Week of January 9, 2017

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT

• Pressure to Hold ACA Repeal Until Replacement Offered Continues to Build, from Modern Healthcare.

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS

• Electronic Health Records May Help Customize Medical Treatments, from NPR.

HOSPITALS

• AHA Releases Road Map to Transform Care Through 2020, from H&HN.
• Why Hospitals are Housing the Homeless, from H&HN.

INFRASTRUCTURE

• How Infrastructure Will Help Cure Healthcare, from TechCrunch.

INSURANCE

• Larger Insurers Negotiate Lower Prices From Physicians, from Modern Healthcare.

MEDICARE

• Drug Spending for Some Medicare Enrollees Has Tripled Since 2010, from Modern Healthcare.

MENTAL HEALTH

• Demand for Mental Health Services Soars Amid Provider Shortage, from Modern Healthcare.

POPULATION HEALTH

• Venture Capital’s Bold Move Into Population Health, from Modern Healthcare.

QUALITY

• How a ‘Learning Health System’ Lowered the Cost of Care, from H&HN.