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athenahealth announced Monday it will launch the Patient-Centered Medical Home Accelerator Program, which aims to assist primary care physician groups in meeting the National Committee for Quality Assurance's (NCQA) newest PCMH recognition standards.
Nearly 75 percent of people who lost their employer-sponsored health insurance when they lost their jobs over the last two years said that they skipped needed healthcare or did not fill prescriptions because of cost, according to a new Commonwealth Fund brief.
The National Labor Relations Board issued a final rule last week requiring employers to post notices advising employees of their rights to unionize. The new rule, which goes into effect Nov. 14, faced much opposition from businesses that argued that current rules suffice and the board lacks the authority to create such a rule.
Two prominent healthcare organizations are seeking subscription-based affiliations with single-specialty practices to build their outpatient networks at a time when hospital-based revenues are declining. The decision may also be seen as laying the first blocks of a foundation for an accountable care organization.
North Carolina employers have a chance to help improve patient care and save healthcare costs thanks to First in Health, a public-private partnership that will make it possible for them to tap into a medical home created for Medicaid recipients that has helped improve care while saving more than $1 billion.
A broad-based, year-and-a-half old program aimed at improving the safety of in-patient care across California helped save 800 lives in its first year, according to a report from the National Health Foundation, one of the collaborators in the program.
The Congressional Budget Office's updated budget projections offer hope tempered by big ifs around healthcare issues.
Aiming to single out high-potential health IT startups and help enable their "rapid development and growth," Healthbox is a new accelerator program that offers support for seed-stage companies that can chart the "complex transition into the digital age."
Humana Inc. announced Thursday that it has signed an agreement to acquire Arcadian Management Services, an Oakland, Calif.-based Medicare Advantage HMO with approximately 64,000 members in 15 states.
The New Jersey company, which works with payers, employers and others to tailor incentive-based preventive health and wellness programs for members and employees, has enhanced its platform to deal with specific conditions, such as diabetes and COPD.