Health Care News and Resources – Week of June 12, 2017

BUNDLED PAYMENTS

• 5 Building Blocks for Success with Bundled Payments, from H&HN.

LEAN PROCESSES

• Video: How Bundled Programs, Lean Processes Can Improve the Hospital Supply Chain, from H&HN.

OPIOID ADDICTION

• Concerns Over Ever-Worsening Opioid Crisis Could Throw Wrench in Plans to Roll Back Medicaid, from Kaiser Health News.
• GOP’s Proposed Cuts to Medicaid Threaten Treatment for Opioid Addiction, from NPR.
• Medical Responses to Opioid Addiction Vary by State, Analysis Finds, from Kaiser Health News.

SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

• The Social Determinants of Health Are More Than Just Poverty, from H&HN.

TELEHEALTH

• Telehealth Adoption to Double by 2018, from H&HN.

VALUE-BASED CARE

• Transitioning to Value-Based Care: 7 Best Practices, from H&HN.