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Clinician hiring tied to population health programs also threatens to drive up expenses, the credit rating agency says.
At the same time, health plans spend more than $654 million per year in unnecessary claims resolution calls, HealthEdge found.
When people start shopping around for care, it's time to start listening to patients, HFMA report claims.
Telehealth will also become a standard benefit for most of Cigna's employer-sponsored group health plans in the United States.
The proposed new recommendation would allow women at average risk for breast cancer to begin screening as early as age 40 and receive a mammogram every one or two years.
BCBS of Nebraska's decision cuts the number of insurers offering products on that state's exchange from four in 2016 to two in 2017.
However, the ballot measure doesn't earmark exactly how much of that money should go to doctors or other health providers.
The AMA supports the Department of Justice decision to block both mergers over antitrust concerns.
The number of prescription drug plans has dropped to the lowest level since the inception of the Part D program.
Drop in competition on the insurance exchange threatens to drive up premiums for many in the state.