Richard Pizzi

Disruptive innovation challenges the status quo, drives change and creates new markets. But what does disruptive innovation mean in regard to health benefits and healthcare delivery? A few companies tried to answer that question at the 2013 AHIP Institute Thursday.

Sounding a theme increasingly common at healthcare industry gatherings, the outgoing CEO of Kaiser Permanente called for fundamental changes to U.S. healthcare's business model during a speech at the 2013 AHIP Institute on Wednesday.

In a world where traditional claims management practices no longer work, health plans must embrace new strategies to compete in a changing market, said experts Wednesday at the 2013 AHIP Institute.

Most of the recent public attention paid to the federal Medicaid program has focused on the question of whether or not states will participate in the program’s expansion as allowed in the Affordable Care Act.

U.S. healthcare prices dropped marginally in March 2013, falling 0.1 percent from February 2013 prices, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Job growth in the healthcare industry continued its climb as winter turned to spring. The industry added jobs again in March 2013, increasing employment by 23,400 positions.

Healthcare spending by the Canadian federal government will reach a record high level of $30.3 billion in 2013-14, according to an announcement made this week by the nation's Ministry of Health.

U.S. healthcare prices increased in February 2013, rising 0.4 percent over January 2013 prices, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Hospices take note: the April 1, 2013 deadline to submit the NQF #0209 data for Payment Year 2014 in the Hospice Quality Reporting Program, or HQRP, is approximately two weeks away.

U.S. healthcare prices increased in January 2013, rising 0.2 percent over December 2012 prices, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.