Chris Anderson
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) on Monday announced funding totaling $88.6 million for 51 projects across the country for patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research.
When it comes to paying for new procedures or new ways of delivering care, private insurers often keep their eyes on payment policies from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. If CMS begins compensation for a service, the private payers will likely follow. But that rule of thumb may not apply in the new world of reimbursing for telemedicine and telehealth services.
On Wednesday, insurer and managed care company Humana Inc. reported a significant increase in earnings for the first quarter of 2013 based on lower utilization of medical services and out performance by virtually all sectors of the company's business.
Tenet Healthcare Corp. on Tuesday reported a net loss of $88 million or $0.85 per share in its first quarter 2013 report based largely on one-time charges and restructuring costs, but after adjustments to earnings it reported a profit of $0.33 per share, significantly beating analysts estimates of $0.28 per share.
Nearly 18 months in the making and with more twists and turns than a Formula 1 race track, Highmark and West Penn Allegheny Health System received conditional approval from the Pennsylvania Department of Insurance to move forward with its affiliation and plans to create an integrated delivery network.
WellPoint Inc., the second largest health insurer in the country, posted first quarter earnings Wednesday that significantly beat analysts estimates largely based on continued light usage of health services.
A new analysis of seven years of consumer-driven health plan (CDHP) membership shows that enrollees in these plans were less likely than those with traditional insurance coverage to be between the ages of 21 and 34 according to a report from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI).
A study by Kaiser Permanente of the medical records of 8,454 women, ages 55 years or older shows that nearly 30 percent of women failed to pick up their bisphosphonate prescriptions, a medication that is most commonly used to treat osteoporosis and similar bone diseases.
A study conducted by Harvard researchers on the insurance purchased through the state insurance exchange, the Commonwealth Connector, showed that some families experienced high levels of financial burden and higher-than-expected costs.
Health insurer Priority Health has announced it has contracted with Healthcare Blue Book to publish cost and quality information for more than 300 procedures by facility and physician for its insurance members in Michigan.