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Navigating Medicare Advantage: Strategies for Hospitals to Tackle Growing Challenges

EvidenceCare

The panel featured Jackie Kimmel , Senior Director of Strategy Catalyst for The Health Management Academy , Dr. Adam Fall , Corporate Medical Director of Utilization Management at Erlanger , and Dr. Jeny McNair , President and Chief Physician Advisor at Physician Advisory Services of Med-Metrix.

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The Craziest Medical Bills

Scrubs

Patients around the country are getting stuck with enormous medical bills as hospitals continue to mark up the cost of their services, including those for routine medical procedures and advanced surgeries. For many patients and families, rising medical bills can be a nightmare. Why Are Medical Bills So High?

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Insights from Digital Health Leaders at ViVE 2025

EvidenceCare

In this special edition of The Better Care Podcast , EvidenceCares Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Brian Fengler, brought together digital health executives to learn about the challenges theyre tackling and the solutions that are shaping the future. Some quotes have been lightly edited for clarity and brevity.

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A (re)Visit to an Old-Fashioned Doctor

Sensible Medicine

I read many of his essays including Hyposkillia and Medical Education on the Brink. Old-fashioned doctors spend whatever time it takes to obtain a good medical history and physical examination. Old-fashioned doctors routinely seek all of the patient's previous medical records, not just the discharge summaries.

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Choosing a Control Group

Sensible Medicine

Indirect organ damage is common in medical conditions that are severe enough to warrant admission to the hospital. Summation In this science experiment, the authors did imaging of patients who had just been discharged from a near-week-long hospital stay for an acute infectious disease. A note to readers. We appreciate your support.

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Friday Reflection 41: Sometimes I Just Need to Complain

Sensible Medicine

She is discharged on dual-antiplatelet agents and an increased statin dose. She follows up at a “highly ranked” west coast academic medical center, near where she lives half the year. 1 What did the medical center do? By the time she leaves the hospital, she has no residual symptoms.

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Universal Depression Screening Leads to Unnecessary Harm

Sensible Medicine

Medical illness, other psychiatric illness, and life circumstances can lead to positive results on the PHQ-9. The FDA recently approved escitalopram for pediatric generalized anxiety disorder based on an 8-week trial that found the medication increased suicidal ideation 6.5-fold Fortunately, she was discharged the next morning.

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