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There is plenty of disagreement regarding the ROI of workplace wellness programs, but some evidence suggests the savings are there in the long run.
Community Health Systems, based in Franklin, Tenn., recently announced that their net operating revenues for the first three months of 2013 increased despite a drop in admissions.
Even as studies from the Obesity journal to the Journal of Applied Physiology have shown that sitting is bad for your health, many employers -- even healthcare-related ones -- balk at the costs of non-traditional office furniture like treadmill desks.
Spending on U.S. medicines fell 3.5 percent on a real per capita basis in 2012, driven in large part by greater availability of generics and lower price increases. In addition, the use of healthcare services overall declined for the second consecutive year, according to a study released last Thursday by the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics.
As hospital construction has held steady during the downturn, more administrators and healthcare leaders are weighing the benefits of patient-centered design.
The number of health plans that expect more than half their business will be under value-based models is expected to triple in the next five years according to a new research report released last week by health information network Availity.
A recent survey updating the Hospital Safety Score conducted by Leapfrog Group which assigns A through F letter grades for how well hospitals are addressing errors, accidents and infections that kill or hurt patients, shows only incremental progress over past reports.
Cigna has announced that it will enlist the help of MDLIVE, a developer of telehealth technology and services, to offer eligible health plan members round-the-clock online video consultations with internal medicine, family practice and pediatric doctors.
Congressional Republicans are proposing new ideas for changing Medicaid, suggesting models based on the 1996 federal welfare reform law, and proposing a bill that would base federal allocations on population size and patient categories.
Over the years, with such large gaps in hospital safety and quality, many public and private payers have been pushing for greater hospital accountability through clinical quality measurement and reporting initiatives.