Strategic Planning
The company's earnings more than doubled this quarter over the same period last year, rising to $3.6 billion.
Asking physicians to reconsider the appropriateness of testing via hardwired alerts saves money without compromising care quality.
Health IT giant and convener expand partnership to help health systems with 2020 model for bundled payment reimbursement.
UnitedHealth has already converted, or is in the process of converting, 8 million fully-insured commercial lives to point-of-sale rebates, CEO David Wichmann says.
The insurer is offering providers analytics and compensation determined by metrics that address access to care, clinical status assessments, and patient education.
Plans include a new medical school in Charlotte that will expand patient-centered research currently in place in Winston-Salem.
Hospitals are not reimbursed for admitting uninsured patients and they receive lower payments for Medicaid.
The joint venture between provider and payer, which launched last year, has grown to about 50 plan sponsors across 15 counties.
The advantages of the new domain include its use by hospitals for branding and marketing purposes, says Jennifer Lannon, advisor at Health Innovation.
Duke Health will provide medical services and population health management programs while Blue Cross NC will handle enrollment, billing and claims services.