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Congress Can Eradicate Hepatitis C and Reduce the Deficit at the Same Time
The initiative comes with a $12.3 billion price tag — and over 10 years, the savings in health care costs will reach $18.1 billion.
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Lowering Medicare Advantage Overpayments from Favorable Selection by Reforming Risk Adjustment
One potential path for reducing Medicare Advantage (MA) overpayments from favorable selection is reforming the current administered payment approaches linking spending in fee-for-service (FFS) to MA rates.
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Why Doctors Using ChatGPT Are Unknowingly Violating HIPAA
USC Schaeffer Center senior fellow Genevieve Kanter says the risk to patient privacy posed by AI chatbots presents unique challenges.
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Health Care Privacy Risks of AI Chatbots
Ultimately, health systems facing increased risk of AI chatbot breaches must decide whether to discourage clinicians’ use of this technology or embrace it.
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Without Early Detection, Fighting Dementia Is an Uphill Battle
A brief assessment in primary care can help identify patients most at risk
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Blood Pressure Medication and Dementia Prevention: The Promising Link
SC Schaeffer Center researchers have turned to real-world data to probe the relationship between antihypertensive use and dementia risk in the U.S. population and among minoritized populations who are at the highest risk of dementia.
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Favorable Selection Ups the Ante on Medicare Advantage Payment Reform
Overpayment to Medicare Advantage plans due to favorable selection, “coding intensity” and rating bonuses could exceed $75B in 2023.
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Four Ways to Make Drug Price Negotiations Work for Everyone
The IRA will be measured not just by how much it can lower prices, but also by whether it continues to encourage drug makers to invest in new treatments.
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COVID-19’s Total Cost to the U.S. Economy Will Reach $14 Trillion by End of 2023
Workplace absences, along with sales lost due to the cessation of brick-and-mortar retail shopping, airline travel and public gatherings, contributed the most.
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The Agency Keeping Alzheimer’s Drugs from Patients
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services refuses to approve breakthrough drugs.
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