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10/15/13 Tuesday Tweets

So what is the ACA’s impact on premiums? For one, gender no longer matters.

tinyurl.com/kkqdvaw #premiums

WellSpan Health partners with Aetna for an ACO, the insurer’s 1

st

ACO in Pennsylvania.tinyurl.com/mj4mgv6

The growth of ACOs continues as 8 accountable care organizations open up just within the last

month. tinyurl.com/n6x7b36 

ACOs are going to be forced to utilize optometrists to provide the vision care that diabetics need.

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10/16/13 Wednesday Tweets

When a patient needs a doctor on the spot, a hospitalist is right there. PCPs continue to benefit

from hospitalists tinyurl.com/lapdshz 

Hospitalist specialties like general surgery, orthopedic, and obstetric are on the rise as

specialization trend cont. tinyurl.com/k4qmny4 

Hospitalists are helping hospitals achieve a higher quality of care under the ACA.

tinyurl.com/lzkdq2x #hospitalist #ACA

Surgeons gravitating to ASCs for minor to moderately acute cases. Hospitalists fill void left as

surgeons are busy ow.ly/pS5Ee

10/17/13 Thursday Tweets

Calling patients within 72 hours of discharge decreased readmission risk by 33%. #readmissions

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¼ Patients with diagnoses like: CHF, schizophrenia, and renal failure are readmittedtinyurl.com/on5f8h8

41% of hospitals with more nurses have a lower readmission rate. More nurses = less

readmission penalties tinyurl.com/ptwx5jm 

There is a staggering $18B impact from Medicare hospital readmissions. Poor follow-up #1

reason for readmissions tinyurl.com/ozqy64l

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10/18/13 Friday Tweets

In first 2 weeks Washington’s insurance exchange enrolls 25,000 & additional 37,000 have

completed the application tinyurl.com/lf4rf5d

Colorado’s health insurance exchange creates ton of interest, but little enrollment. 829,000 still

uninsured tinyurl.com/nhvtpx7 

Less than 50 people have enrolled in the health insurance exchange in WI. Private secured

insurance more popular? tinyurl.com/p8crh47 

Health Insurance exchange enrollment less than expected in KY. 11,000 / 640,000 uninsured

Kentuckians have enrolled tinyurl.com/k86q5le 

10/21/13 Monday Tweets

Investments are increasing in PCMHs and so are the revenues. http://tinyurl.com/knmbogg 

#PCMH

Primary care doctors looking to transform practices to PCMHs. Reasoning includes time burden

& less job satisfaction tinyurl.com/mk523tj 

Study shows encouraging trends in PCMH implementation. Increase in nurse follow-up with patients jumps 7% to 61% tinyurl.com/mk7wpec

# of PCMH physician practices has increased by 38% since 2008.Currently over 6000.

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