Chris Anderson
A recent market survey of payers by healthcare software provider HealthEdge shows that the majority of payers are planning to support new payment and healthcare models in the next three years.
Aided by a $9.6 million grant from the Robina Foundation, Abbott Northwestern Hospital plans to launch a new approach to end-of-life care for patients with Alzheimer's disease, stage III and stage IV cancer and heart failure.
Cigna and independent physicians organization Partners in Care, which operates in New Jersey, recently launched an accountable care organization that will treat more than 14,000 Cigna members at roughly 160 participating PIC practices.
A Kaiser Permanente program for women at risk of substance abuse during their pregnancy could save $2 billion each year if applied on a national basis, according to a new study published recently in the peer-reviewed journal Obstetrics & Gynecology.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced the 32 health systems that will participate in the Pioneer Accountable Care Organization program, which government officials say could save Medicare as much as $1.1 billion.
High hospital readmission rates among Medicare patients are closely tied to higher overall hospital admission rates, according to a study published last week in the New England Journal of Medicine.
The National Center for Health Statistics released new data yesterday showing 2.5 million more adults 26 and under had health insurance than would have without passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Only 27 percent of physicians believe the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will likely reduce healthcare costs by increasing efficiency and half believe access to healthcare will decrease because of hospital closures that will result from the law, according to a new study published yesterday by industry consulting firm Deloitte.
Diversified Service Options (DSO), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Inc. and the holding company for First Coast Service Options (FCSO), has reached an agreement to acquire Highmark Medicare Services (HMS), a subsidiary of Pittsburgh-based Highmark Inc.
On Wednesday, corporate powerhouses GE and Microsoft announced they will launch a 50-50 joint venture in early 2012 that leverages the platform experience of Microsoft and GE's core healthcare competencies in clinical applications, with the goal of providing real time data to improve patient experience and clinical outcomes.