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There's a commonly held perception that healthcare is a process in which doctors take care of patients. But increasingly healthcare stakeholders are figuring out that, at times, a more effective way to help patients get healthy is to show them how to take care of themselves.
Payers wondering about competition under health reform might look to Denver, where underwriting regulations and a fair amount of provider concentration has left the commercial insurance market mostly divided into quarters.
Payers and employers are demonstrating that wellness programs can curb increases in healthcare costs and improve workforce productivity as employees become more involved in their health. Health plans shared their programs and results during a session on Thursday at the 2013 AHIP Institute in Las Vegas.
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.
Healthcare experts differ on the benefits of provider consolidation to help reduce costs but agree that most healthcare organizations are moving forward with reform through innovation, and consolidation may be just a step in that direction.
U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, MD, has announced plans to step down in July, after nearly four years as the nation's top voice for public health.
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?
Payers and employers are demonstrating that wellness programs can curb increases in healthcare costs and improve workforce productivity as employees become more involved in their health.
"Healthcare consumerism" is a phrase that has been bandied about for years by health insurance plans, but in practice it has often meant pushing more financial responsibility onto the patient, rather than reconstructing healthcare with the consumer's real interests at heart.
Healthcare experts have differing views on the benefits of consolidation to help reduce costs but agree that most healthcare organizations are moving forward with reform through innovation, and consolidation may be just a step in that direction, according to a session Thursday at the 2013 AHIP Institute on "Shared risk, shared opportunities: Cost containment strategies for an evolving marketplace."