News in Brief Insurance update: Spending on privately insured grows, ACA questions loom Private insurers see jump in prescription drug spending while news outlets explain the challenges of replacing the ACA. Dec. 1, 2016Thursday AOA Staff Contact AOA Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email A new report from the Health Care Cost Institute found spending on the privately insured increased by 2.6% in 2014 but jumped to a 4.6% growth in 2015. The key driver for the increase was prescription drug spending. For example, $649 per capita went toward brand prescriptions in 2015, an 11.4% jump from 2014. While private insurers are spending more on health care, patients are wondering about the future of their coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Using data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, this interactive map from the Century Foundation shows how many people are enrolled—and could lose health care coverage without the ACA—by zip code. What’s next for the ACA? Bloomberg gives a detailed look at the difficulties of repealing and replacing the ACA while Politico examines the challenges of privatizing Medicare. More in Newsbriefs TouroCOM opens new school in Great Falls, Montana The new campus is Touro University’s third college of osteopathic medicine and the first nonprofit medical school in Montana. “Operation Nightingale” fraud scheme alert: Bogus nursing credentials sold to thousands of aspiring nurses It was recently discovered that a scheme, nicknamed “Operation Nightingale,” offered aspiring nurses the opportunity to purchase fake nursing degree diplomas and transcripts. Previous article5 things physicians should know about AIDS and HIV on World AIDS Day Next articleNew PCORI funding coming soon for low back pain research
TouroCOM opens new school in Great Falls, Montana The new campus is Touro University’s third college of osteopathic medicine and the first nonprofit medical school in Montana.
“Operation Nightingale” fraud scheme alert: Bogus nursing credentials sold to thousands of aspiring nurses It was recently discovered that a scheme, nicknamed “Operation Nightingale,” offered aspiring nurses the opportunity to purchase fake nursing degree diplomas and transcripts.