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Washington State has received federal approval to test a managed fee-for-service model for Medicaid-Medicare eligible patients in a demonstration that is expected to save up to $14 million over the next five years.
Two of Michigan's largest hospital groups -- Henry Ford Health System and Beaumont Health System -- announced on Wednesday plans to combine into a new $6.4 billion organization.
Many states are lagging in how they measure and collect eligibility and enrollment information and could benefit from more streamlined coding sets, according to a policy brief by the Maximizing Enrollment project, led by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
A new global study by the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics shows that the use of healthcare IT to increase medication adherence could be a key factor in saving some $500 billion in healthcare spending worldwide.
On the strength of membership growth, and revenue generated in the Medicare Advantage and Part D segments via its acquisition of HealthSpring, Cigna today announced third quarter 2012 earnings that more than doubled its earnings from a year ago.
As the federal government evaluates state demonstrations for providing Medicare-Medicaid eligible Americans with better, more cost-effective care, a new study suggests that large savings will be elusive without specialized models and some improvisation.
Eliminating surgical complications is something all hospitals strive towards, however, for some hospitals, savings gained by reducing or eliminating surgical complications can lead to reduced revenues.
With concern over primary care shortages not likely to abate any time soon, the debate over using nurse practitioners to fill in the gaps continues. A new policy brief released by Health Affairs last month outlines the issues.
The latest insurer to follow a market for employer defined contribution plans, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City is creating a health insurance exchange for its large group customers with the help of the tech firm Benefitfocus.
As the federal government gets ready to approve, or maybe reject, state demonstrations for providing Medicare-Medicaid eligible Americans with better, more cost-effective care, a new study suggests that large savings will be elusive without specialized models and some improvisation.