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. @MINES_bh & @talkspace launch employee therapy via online messaging service. Company says goal is to increase #access and offer a #solution to those who may be hesitant or unable to access #counseling through traditional means. fiercehealthcare.com/tech/em…

MINES, TalkSpace team up to offer employees therapy via online messaging service

Littleton, Colorado-based employee assistance program (EAP) company MINES & Associates is partnering with telebehavioral health company Talkspace to offer counseling to employees via messaging. |...

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. @AmerMedicalAssn files lawsuit to block Trump administration's #TitleX rule. Joined by @PPFA & @ORmedicine. #LetDocsSpeak #NoGagRule fiercehealthcare.com/practic…

AMA files lawsuit to block Title X rule restricting abortion clinic funding

Saying it imposes restrictions on the patient-physician relationship, the American Medical Association (AMA) filed a lawsuit Tuesday to block the Trump administration rule that would restrict abort |...

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CEO @Farzad_MD: @AledadeACO’s mission is to support doctors. fiercehealthcare.com/practic…

Executive Spotlight—CEO Farzad Mostashari says Aledade supports the doctors ‘doing God’s work’

Farzad Mostashari, M.D., is back near the frontlines of medicine. | After spending a chunk of his career creating policy in Washington, D.C., Farzad Mostashari is now running Aledade, the company he...

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Congratulations to @NexteraDPC , one of FierceHealthcare's Fierce15! #healthcare #health #innovation #healthit #healthtech #jpm19 #techtuesday #goals #winning #digitalhealth #healthtalk #mhealth #Fierce15 bit.ly/2GYRiAV

FierceHealthcare's Fierce 15 of 2019

One company was formed early in 2018 when a group of hospitals—fed up with drug shortages and price spikes—promised to upend the market. Another raised $45 million to support its quest to transform...

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Patients love providers but aren't as pleased with admin staff, finds @NRCHealth survey. fiercehealthcare.com/practic…

Patients love their providers. They are less thrilled about administrative staff, survey finds

Patients are more willing than ever to switch doctors, so practices are increasingly treating them like consumers and trying to figure out what they want. | With patients more in charge of their...

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Baselga takes helm of AstraZeneca’s cancer R&D—and more practice news in our roundup. fiercehealthcare.com/practic…

Physician Practice Roundup—Baselga takes helm of AstraZeneca’s cancer R&D

Baselga takes helm of AstraZeneca’s cancer R&D as pharma rings in the new year with big changes Major changes are afoot at AstraZeneca as it shakes up its research struct | Major changes are afoot at...

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New California governor Newsom comes out swinging on day one for single-payer, immigrant coverage. fiercehealthcare.com/payer/n…

Newsom comes out swinging on day one for single-payer, immigrant coverage

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Within hours of assuming office on Monday, Gov. | Within hours of assuming office on Monday, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a defiant challenge to the Trump administration with sweeping...

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80% of obstetrics liability claims involve severe injuries, says @Coverys analysis. fiercehealthcare.com/hospita…

Report: 80% of obstetrics liability claims involve high-severity injuries 

Obstetrics represents a sliver of liability claims, but a new report suggests that many of these cases involve patient injur | Obstetrics represents a sliver of liability claims, but a new report...

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Congratulations to IDx @EyeDiagnosis, one of FierceHealthcare's Fierce15! #healthcare #health #innovation #healthit #healthtech #jpm19 #techtuesday #goals #winning #digitalhealth #healthtalk #mhealth #Fierce15 bit.ly/2GYRiAV

FierceHealthcare's Fierce 15 of 2019

One company was formed early in 2018 when a group of hospitals—fed up with drug shortages and price spikes—promised to upend the market. Another raised $45 million to support its quest to transform...

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U.S. spends far more on healthcare than other developed countries. “It’s still the prices, stupid.” fiercehealthcare.com/hospita…

U.S. spends far more on healthcare than other developed countries—and researchers say prices are...

More than a decade after a group of health policy researchers concluded that the reason healthcare spending is so high state | A group of health policy researchers has reconvened to study healthcare...

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Legalization of marijuana leaves doctors asking ‘What do we tell patients?’ fiercehealthcare.com/practic…

Marijuana legalization leaves doctors wondering ‘What do we tell our patients?’

The times (and laws) have changed when it comes to marijuana use, leaving many doctors with a big question: “What do we tell our patients?” | The times (and laws) have changed when it comes to...

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. @GEHealthcare & @VUMChealth partner on precision immunotherapy. fiercehealthcare.com/tech/ge…

GE Healthcare partners with Vanderbilt University on precision immunotherapy apps

GE Healthcare and Vanderbilt Medical Center launched a partnership this week to deliver more precision in immunotherapy treatment. | GE Healthcare announced a five-year partnership with Vanderbilt...

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Congratulations to @cityblockhealth , one of FierceHealthcare's Fierce15! #healthcare #health #innovation #healthit #healthtech #jpm19 #techtuesday #goals #winning #digitalhealth #healthtalk #mhealth #Fierce15 fiercehealthcare.com/special…

FierceHealthcare's Fierce 15 of 2019

One company was formed early in 2018 when a group of hospitals—fed up with drug shortages and price spikes—promised to upend the market. Another raised $45 million to support its quest to transform...

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FierceHealthcare’s 10 most read stories of 2018. fiercehealthcare.com/tech/fi…

FierceHealthcare’s 10 most read stories of 2018: Amazon, mergers and more Amazon

It was a wild year for healthcare. | It was a wild year for healthcare. Amazon made waves with a big (but vague) new venture, Allscripts was hit with a ransomware attack and megamergers grabbed the...

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Affordable Care Act to remain in place during appeals. fiercehealthcare.com/payer/a…

Affordable Care Act to remain in place during appeals to Texas ruling

U.S. | U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor of the Northern District of Texas said the Affordable Care Act should remain in place as appeals to his decision to strike down the law weave their way...

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.@CMSGov shortens risk pathway in final ACO rule bit.ly/2RaaoHZ
ICYMI: You'll want to keep an eye on these 5 physicians who made headlines in 2018. fiercehealthcare.com/practic…

5 physicians who made headlines in 2018 (and who you’ll want to watch in the year ahead)

The spotlight was on healthcare throughout 2018 and that put a number of physicians in the headlines. | The spotlight was on healthcare throughout 2018, and that put a number of physicians in the...

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A proactive approach to drug diversion. See what Lily Henson, M.D., of Piedmont Newnan Hospital, and Russ Nix, of Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center, have to say. fiercehealthcare.com/hospita…

Industry Voices—Tackling drug diversion with a proactive approach steeped in analytics

We’ve made great strides in addressing the opioid epidemic at a national level. | Despite a broader policy focus on substance abuse and opioid prescription, drug diversion continues to occur in as...

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One doctor's prescribing of opioids has a string of tragic consequences. fiercehealthcare.com/practic…

Physician Practice Roundup—California doctor arrested for allegedly prescribing drugs tied to deaths

California doctor arrested for allegedly prescribing drugs tied to deaths A Southern California doctor was arrested Tuesday on federal charges that allege he illegally distributed opioids | A...

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. @BlueCrossNC & @AledadeACO team up to support independent practices. fiercehealthcare.com/practic…

Blue Cross, Aledade team up to support independent practices in North Carolina through ACOs

A health plan and a startup company are pairing up to support independent primary care physicians in North Carolina. | Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina and Aledade are joining to launch a...

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