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Register today for the 2015 Fall Forum being held November 12-13, 2015 at The Bellagio in Las Vegas. Click here to visit the conference website.
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HealthLeaders Media
The pathways to shared-savings success are becoming clearer.
Houston-based Memorial Hermann Accountable Care Organization and Portland, Maine-based MaineHealth Accountable Care Organization are two of the most successful MSSP participants in the country. Executives at these ACOs say their organizations have been able to earn millions in MSSP shared-savings payments based on lengthy experience in population-health initiatives and wise investments in new capabilities.
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Becker's Hospital Review
CMS is launching a new accountable care organization model to improve care coordination for patients with kidney failure and control costs for end-stage renal disease treatments.
The 1.1 percent of Medicare beneficiaries with ESRD accounted for 5.6 percent of Medicare spending in 2012, according to CMS. This is because ESRD requires life-sustaining dialysis treatments several times per week and ESRD patients often suffer from other chronic conditions.
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CBS News
Health insurance open enrollment season is upon us. It's time for workers to review the benefits under their employer health plans for the coming year, as it is for those who buy their own health insurance on an exchange.
No matter how you get your health insurance, one thing is for sure: Its cost for 2016 is set to rise again, in some cases by as much as 18 percent.
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By Scott E. Rupp
 Rock Health, a health IT startup incubator, has announced that digital health venture funding through three quarters of 2015 has outpaced the same time period from last year with funding reaching $3.3 billion. Also, the average deal size is the largest yet at $15.8 million, but overall deal count is down 9 percent compared to last year. So, in a nutshell, fewer deals for more money. The top eight deals of the third quarter contributed to more than 50 percent of the quarter's transaction value.
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INSIGHTEC’s MRgFUS technology - focused ultrasound waves, guided by magnetic resonance imaging - completely transforms the world of medicine by offering a ground-breaking, non-invasive therapy platform that reduces the need for invasive surgery.
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The New York Times
Stephanie Douglas signed up for health insurance in January with the best intentions. She had suffered a stroke and needed help paying for her medicines and care. The plan she chose from the federal insurance exchange sounded affordable — $58.17 a month after the subsidy she received under the Affordable Care Act.
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HealthDay News via Medical Xpress
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Opdivo to treat patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer whose disease progressed despite platinum-based chemotherapy.
Opdivo works by targeting the PD-1/PD-L1 cellular pathway. The FDA approved Opdivo earlier this year to treat patients with advanced squamous NSCLC whose disease progressed despite platinum-based chemotherapy.
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Vibra hospitals provide specialized care in the right setting at the right time. Whether your patient’s needs are medically complex or rehabilitative, you can count on seamless transitions and ongoing communications with you and your care team. Our specialists are your partners in getting patients back to better.
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MobiHealthNews
Belfast, Northern Ireland-based Intelesens has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its wearable vital signs monitor, called zensor, designed for monitoring patients outside the hospital.
“This is a significant milestone for Intelesens and zensor,” Intelesens Commercial Manager Stephen Henderson said in a statement.
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The Hill
Starting June 22, baby formula labels will be required to list the mineral selenium under required nutrients.
The Food and Drug Administration rule also establishes a safe range for selenium in infant formula. According to the agency, the mineral found in breast milk is an essential nutrient for infants. Among its benefits, it helps the body defend against oxidative stress and helps in the regulation of thyroid hormones.
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MedPage Today
Two-thirds of women tested for BRCA mutation status did not receive counseling from a genetics specialist, primarily because the patients' doctors did not recommend it, data from a national community-based study showed.
Of 3,628 women surveyed, 1,334 saw a genetics counselor prior to testing.
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Reuters via Fox News
U.S. researchers said they had found a way to predict male sexual orientation based on molecular markers that control DNA function, but genetics experts warned that the research has important limitations and will not provide definitive answers to a potential biological basis for sexual preference.
Findings from the study, which has yet to be published or reviewed in detail by other scientists, were presented at a meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics in Baltimore.
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Medical Xpress
A genetic variant near the KLF14 gene regulates hundreds of genes that govern how and where women's bodies store fat, which affects their risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, according to research presented at the American Society of Human Genetics 2015 Annual Meeting in Baltimore.
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Business Insider
In the past few years, getting genetically tested has become as easy as sending in some spit in a tube.
That information can be used for everything from finding out where your family came from to figuring out if you're predisposed to certain diseases. Companies like AncestryDNA and 23andMe have been partnering with drug companies to try and figure out what role genetics plays in getting sick, and how it can help us get better faster.
But how much can the average consumer learn from his or her genes?
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Newsweek
A girl’s timing of puberty and her overall health as an adult may be partially determined by the month in which she was born, according to a new study published Monday in the journal Heliyon.
The study was based on data collected on 450,000 men and women as part of the ongoing United Kingdom Biobank project, a database that tracks health and disease trends in the country.
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The New York Times
People are passionate about food. People can also become pretty passionate about nutrition.
We got a taste of that this month over early efforts to influence the dietary guidelines that the United States Department of Agriculture establishes every five years. We got even more last week, when a congressional hearing on the scope and reliability of the science behind recommendations became heated.
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HealthDay News via U.S. World Report
Healthcare workers often contaminate their skin and clothing when they remove their medical gowns and gloves, new research suggests.
For the study, workers at four Ohio hospitals simulated gown and glove removal. Additional healthcare workers from a separate facility participated in a program that included education and practice of removing contaminated gowns and gloves.
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Medical News Today
Published in the journal Nature Communications, the study details how a nanoscale, synthetic version of diamonds — called nanodiamonds — can highlight the presence of early-stage cancers in magnetic resonance imaging scans.
Numerous studies have investigated the use of nanodiamonds for targeted cancer treatment.
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Forbes
Anyone who has given two seconds worth of thought to it knows that school shootings are not occurring because we have a gun problem. They are occurring because we have a mental health problem. So what are we doing about that? Not much. Despite several mental health parity laws, government regulation is one reason why so little is being done. ObamaCare is probably making things worse.
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By Michael S. Haro, Ph.D.
 Our daily lives can be compared to the four seasons: fall, winter, spring and summer. October starts the fall season, which brings change from preceding months of hot, simmering weather. Fall is a beautiful time of the year with leaves changing colors, the cool briskness of the mornings, and the clear, colder nights. With all this beauty, we also experience early darkness and time change. The onset of a critical incident has similarities to fall's change associated with dreariness and negativity.
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LiveScience via Fox News
One in three children who were diagnosed and treated for mental health conditions on an outpatient basis saw their primary care doctors for this care, a new study reports.
Using data from a nationally representative survey, the researchers found that about 35 percent of children receiving mental healthcare in the past year had appointments only with their primary care physicians compared with about 26 percent who saw only psychiatrists and 15 percent who saw only psychologists or social workers.
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