Healthcare Finance Staff
Where time equals brain in preventing death, disability and millions of dollars in spending, insurers and providers have a huge opportunity to try an approach that can pay for itself.
Insurers are trying to use a new model to improve treatment in costly, difficult chronic diseases like Crohn's, and rationalize reimbursement.
As a microcosm of American health insurance markets, with both old and new regulations and business trends, one corner of the country offers a window into the future.
How did one large employer keep its healthcare costs flat for six years? A wide-ranging wellness program, provider bidding and "enlightened consumerism."
Some health systems are seeing value in becoming part of branded health plan networks for limited provider plans, as other providers try to launch their very own plans.
Tech giant Google is trying out the telehealth waters with a video-based platform that connects consumers searching online for health data with physicians.
It's almost game day for the second season of ACA insurance exchanges, and insurers need to get ready to handle all sorts of consumer inquiries and administrative tasks.
The competitiveness of America's state and regional health insurance markets is once again under question as patients and providers demand greater value propositions from payers.
A new molecular diagnostic approved by Medicare and Medicaid is among the first non-invasive alternatives to colonoscopies, a potential boon for patients and payers but also a new piece of the personalization puzzle to manage.
Cost-sharing in traditional Medicare is on the rise, and benefit designs in Medicare drug plans are changing.