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Testing certain individuals instead of the patient population for diseases such as tuberculosis and hepatitis B and C, can be more cost-effective, the researchers said.
Suggestions include allowing enrollees to buy drugs at the pharmacy they prefer.
Advanced clinical trials are underway for at least 10 investigational therapies that have shown promise in slowing or blocking development of Alzheimer's disease.
Improper payments decreased $5 billion from a total $36.2 billion due mostly to documentation errors.
The value-based models resulted in 6 percent fewer hospital inpatient admissions and 7 percent fewer emergency department visits.
The government said it intends to collect from insurers the full 2016 risk corridors payments this month.
But navigating the process, especially for a hospital with limited resources, must be done properly for the strategy to succeed.
Hospitals wrote off 90 percent more denials than six years ago, The Advisory Board found, a difference of $3.5 million for a median 350-bed hospital.
Physicians will coordinate care across primary care, specialists, hospitals, laboratories and other services necessary to improve the health status of members.
The Senate Finance Committee is currently considering a tax reform bill that eliminates the mandate and penalty for not having coverage.