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Your organization likely will experience a data breach of some kind. And when it does, people will want to know, what you were doing to prevent one, and how you are going to respond.
At the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, in January executives from Aetna, Cigna, Humana, Kaiser Permanente and UnitedHealth Group joined roughly 2,500 other corporate and government leaders from around the world to detail the concept of aligned incentives, called "resilient dynamism," which has emerged across industries.
With 30 million new customers who will be shopping for and buying insurance products starting in October, health insurance companies need to finds ways to change their business model to one that is more focused on the consumer, as opposed to their traditional business-to-business relationships. Jean-Pierre Stephan, management consulting lead for the Health Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Practice at Accenture, recently spoke to Healthcare Finance News Senior Editor Chris Anderson about the challenges awaiting insurers as they make this transition.
Emergency medicine has been plagued in recent years with problems like physician shortages and diversion, or turning away ambulances because of overcrowding. One solution being used in many areas to reduce congestion and cut costs is the employment of nurse practitioners.
Health IT's hallowed bipartisan support ostensibly survived the presidential election and, subsequently, the fiscal cliff debate – but as the budgetary battles trudge on in Washington that fate is not so guaranteed as it once seemed.
A new home care model being adopted in a handful of states is proving that home care saves dollars and helps families care for their loved ones.
Health reform is driving changes in the make-up of California healthcare markets, whether it's more construction in San Diego County or more integration and affiliations in Los Angeles County.
According to a recent Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) report, there has been little progress at reducing hospital readmissions for Medicare patients. That report was the focus of a moderated discussion with national healthcare leaders on Feb. 13.
Across the country, state governments are trying to come up with the most reasonable and effective ways to pay back their Medicaid deficits owed to hospitals.