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Eight-hospital Barnabas Health in New Jersey is launching an accountable care organization program with the state's largest insurer, intended to both lower costs and improve care quality. The ACO go-live date is September 1.
Several key trends are reshaping the business strategies of health insurers in advance of the Jan. 1 go-live date for many provisions of the Affordable Care Act.
The trend of providers owning health plans took a big step forward in New York last week when the state approved North Shore-LIJ Insurance Company's application for an insurance license.
Following other Blues around the country, Independence Blue Cross is redesigning its corporate structure in pursuit of flexibility.
Almost seven in 10 uninsured individuals with pre-existing conditions still don't know if they will purchase health insurance in 2014, according to a report from InsuranceQuotes.com, part of Bankrate Inc.
Author Rosemary Gibson talks about her book, "Medicare Meltdown," which looks at the business of Medicare.
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) have the potential to slow health spending growth and improve quality of care by providers, payers and other healthcare organizations operating together, but regulating them poses challenges related to competition, according to research in the August issue of Health Affairs.
Doctors acknowledge they have a role in helping to contain healthcare costs but they lack enthusiasm for cost containment achieved through changes in payment models.
Doctors acknowledge they have a role in helping to contain healthcare costs but they lack enthusiasm for cost containment achieved through changes in payment models.
True to the frenetic pace of most Affordable Care Act implementation, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is on a tight, occasionally moving deadline for security development and testing of the federal data hub, according to a review by the Office of the Inspector General.