MX Brief - Healthcare News | June 7, 2012
Industry Spotlight: How Hospitals are Recapturing their Investments
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Industry Spotlight: How Hospitals are Recapturing their Investments
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It is pretty much a given that payment for health providers will shrink in the future. And health system executives are logically asking:
“How can we do things differently?”
One answer centers around the unique products and services they have created internally at great expense. The only thing surprising about this is how long it has taken for providers to appreciate and act upon the treasure trove they have spent so much time and money to acquire.
Many providers are now seeking to follow some of the few leading innovators who have already found ways to recapture their investments - and more, through various avenues to commercialize what they developed for themselves as an offering to others who have similar needs...more
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The following article is currently featured on our site:
Sequencing Cancer Mutations? There's an App for That
Using precise information about an individual’s genetic makeup is becoming increasingly routine for developing tailored treatments for breast, lung, colon and other cancers. But techniques used to identify meaningful gene mutations depend on analyzing sequences of both normal and mutant DNA in tumor samples—a process that can yield ambiguous results. In the mid-1990s, Swedish researchers invented pyrosequencing as an alternative to the traditional method of gene sequencing. Pyrosequencing is...more.
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Have a cup of coffee on us! We’re giving away $25 worth of Starbucks gift cards to five lucky quick poll respondents. Winning couldn’t be easier. Answer the question below and you can win!
When will most insurers and other payers start
reimbursing healthcare providers based on value
rather than volume?
a) It's already happening
b) Less than a year from now
c) One to five years from now
d) Five to 10 years from now
e) It will never happen
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