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The quality of care that patients receive in a hospital varies by the type of insurance they have or their lack of insurance, researchers have found in a study in the latest issue of Health Affairs.
The quality of care that patients receive in a hospital varies by the type of insurance they have or their lack of insurance, researchers have found in a study in the latest issue of Health Affairs.
Financial concerns are causing medical group practices to approach participation in the insurance exchanges cautiously, found research released by the Medical Group Management Association on Monday.
Hospital risk sharing, integrated hospital systems and large group primary care practices are among the top factors linked with the formation of ACOs.
Predicting anything in healthcare is difficult, but one factor is a fairly good indicator of whether providers joined a Medicare accountable care organization: integration.
The growth in Medicare per capita spending is slower as a result of fewer hospital readmissions and a shift to generic prescription medications, and Medicare Advantage plans are also beginning to contribute to the moderating trend.
Even as access to behavioral and mental healthcare expands under health reform, there may still be gaps in both public and private insurance, researchers said in a new Health Affairs study.
UnityPoint Health is notifying 1,800 patients that their protected health records have been compromised after it was discovered that an employee of the health system's third party contractor gained unauthorized access to patient records.
A non-profit organization focused on Internet security is looking to develop a set of benchmarks to protect medical devices from potentially fatal cyber attacks.
After almost a year of preparation, 450 healthcare organizations begin taking part in Medicare's Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative this month. The goal is to evaluate if paying for care by episodes really can improve quality and reduce Medicare's costs.