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Health plans looking to change member behavior to produce better health outcomes need to take a multivariable approach to member engagement.

Think your challenges are daunting when it comes to implementing ICD-10? Put things in perspective by imagining the Mount Everest the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has to climb.

Healthcare organizations may not pay attention to a recruitment report geared to recruiters, but there are insights to be gleaned from the Association of Staff Physician Recruiters’ (ASPR) 2011 In-House Physician Recruitment Benchmarking Report. Most important? Focus on workforce planning.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services yesterday issued its first public rebuke under its new powers to review health insurance increases greater than 10 percent, calling on Everence Insurance in Pennsylvania to cut its planned premium increases to 5,000 members.

XLHealth specializes in Medicare Advantage plans for seniors with chronic illnesses and those who are also eligible for Medicaid.

Harvard Medical School's Center for Biomedical Informatics and healthcare benefits giant Aetna are forming a research collaborative to improve the quality and cost of healthcare.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has its work cut out in transitioning to ICD-10. As the largest payer and the force driving the new code sets in the United States, CMS has a task at least as intimidating as anyone else in implementing ICD-10.

Kaiser Permanente is suing the California Nurses Association saying it violated terms of the current contract when the union authorized a sympathy strike last September.