Diana Manos
No amount of incentive will entice physicians to participate in a quality data submission program if they are hesitant about pay for performance (P4P), according to Chris Weiss, president and CEO of H...
The federal government and other healthcare stakeholders are increasingly interested in what is called "patient-centered care" as a measure of quality of care. The two go hand-in-hand, industry and go...
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt announced today that more than 100 companies have voluntarily signed up to participate in the Administration's plan to advance healthc...
The federal government wants to find the incentive that will convince doctors to participate in its pay-for-performance programs. According to Thomas B. Valuck, MD,...
According to a new study commissioned by the Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, more than half of the nation's HMOs used pay-for-performance programs...
Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt said Friday that a competitive healthcare market based on quality and cost savings to the consumer is the only way to change the U.S. healthcare sys...
Although government and industry officials have been touting the patient safety benefits of electronic health records, physician practices have been slow to adopt the technology – primarily beca...
A new study released in the November/December issue of Health Affairs suggests that the aging American population may strain employer-based health insurance....
On Monday, America's Health Insurance Plans announced "a roadmap for reform" to expand health insurance coverage to include the more than 40 million uninsured Americans. AHIP's plan will build on exis...
Many believe healthcare issues will remain dead in the water despite the change in power ushered in by the 2006 midterm elections. “The short answer is –...