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In most organizations, the "separation of church and state" that lies between advertising and public relations is sacred. This is particularly true in healthcare, where much of the external relations are meant to be educational, no profitable. But times are changing and hospitals across the country are turning to brand journalism to get their message out.
Connecticut's health insurance exchange, Access Health CT, has selected HealthPass and bswift to provide services and technology for a choice of health insurance options to small businesses throughout the state.
Consumer advocates and some lawmakers are promoting a new bill they say would save Medicare $141 billion over the next decade by requiring prescription drug rebates for Medicaid-Medicare eligible patients and low-income Medicare beneficiaries.
A study conducted by Harvard researchers on the insurance purchased through the state insurance exchange, the Commonwealth Connector, showed that some families experienced high levels of financial burden and higher-than-expected costs.
Florida Blue, the Sunshine State's largest insurer, has launched a project with data exchange platform Availity and ambulatory electronic health record vendor Greenway that will enable physicians to exchange clinical summaries with the health plan through their EHRs.
Big data offers big promise for the future of medicine, and at the annual TEDMED conference Tuesday in the nation's capital, speakers put forth ideas that included the use "digital traces" and "digital bread crumbs" as ways to help guage a patient's health.
The healthcare industry has been notoriously slow at identifying methods and tools it needs to reduce costs and improve quality noted a report by healthcare investment firm the Psilos Group, but health reform is producing promising opportunities for investors to fuel needed innovations.
The Premier healthcare alliance, which includes 2,800 hospitals and 93,000 other provider and payer organizations across the country, has partnered with Phytel to automate population health services in order to help its members scale their efforts to improve patient care and adapt to a rapidly changing healthcare system.
Bundled care is touted frequently these days as one of the best ways in healthcare to save money, right reimbursement wrongs and heighten the quality of care. While the model is still being debated within the industry, a recent report indicates that consumers like it.
Health insurer Priority Health has announced it has contracted with Healthcare Blue Book to publish cost and quality information for more than 300 procedures by facility and physician for its insurance members in Michigan.