Patty Enrado

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Provider disconnects and inconsistent strategies are undermining U.S. pay-for-performance programs, a survey of healthcare payers reveals.Results of the survey, by Heal...

NEW YORK – A coalition of medical and advocacy groups is pushing for laws in 20 states that would require health insurers to provide colon screenings. Colonoscopies would hel...

INDIANAPOLIS – WellPoint’s pharmacy benefit manager is offering financial incentive to its members in seven additional states for the latest generic-drug addition to its GenericSelect prog...

WASHINGTON – Criticized for allowing Medicare providers to abuse the tax system to the tune of more than $1.3 billion, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is answering back....

WASHINGTON – At a March hearing, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) reported that Medicare is overpaying Medicare Advantage (MA) plans by an average of 112 percent....

GLENDALE, AZ – In healthcare, unlike other industries, business process management (BPM) covers two different areas, business processes and clinical workflow. With both, the desired outcome is t...

Inconsistent investments and strategies are undercutting the effectiveness of pay-for-performance initiatives in the United States, according to a recent payer-based survey on P4P programs....

LOS ANGELES – The California Heart Center Foundation implemented a standalone dashboard to monitor its productivity, financial performance and referrals from outside physicians almost a yea...

More than nine million Cigna HealthCare plan members will be able to manage their healthcare on their personal computers when the national carrier releases its latest online healthcare tool...

ALEXANDRIA, VA – Later this month, ChainDrugStore.net will provide pharmacy analytics to manufacturing partners, managed care organizations and pharmacy members. Manufacturin...