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By Charlotte Huff, Kaiser Health News | 02:55 pm | October 03, 2017
Under the practice model, patients are charged monthly for basic, office-based medical care in Texas, a state that did not expand Medicaid.
By Tom Sullivan | 02:40 pm | October 03, 2017
American Enterprise Institute scholar says that despite all the attempts to repeal and replace the ACA, value-based care and payment model is the clear path forward.
By Jeff Lagasse | 01:30 pm | October 03, 2017
Challenges of contemporary medicine, such as regulation, electronic medical records, a hectic pace and long hours, are dragging down doctors.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 10:27 am | October 03, 2017
The ER operator has finished a major financial restructuring and has been acquired by healthcare investment firm Deerfield Management Company.
By Jeff Lagasse | 04:33 pm | October 02, 2017
In Texas, freestanding EDs tend to be clustered around major metropolitan centers where median income is close to $92,000.
By Susan Morse | 04:07 pm | October 02, 2017
Lack of strategic healthcare policy direction was central to Trump essentially firing Price, health policy expert says.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 03:36 pm | October 02, 2017
Low-cost, low-value services fueled $381 million spend alone; efforts to cut spending should focus here, researchers say.
By Jeff Lagasse | 02:52 pm | October 02, 2017
One factor may be millennials' coming of age at a time of economic uncertainty and earnings instability.
By Mike Miliard | 02:31 pm | October 02, 2017
While experts at the HIMSS Pop Health Forum point to a host of innovations, one thing seems certain: Value-based care is here to stay.
By Kaiser Health News | 01:07 pm | October 02, 2017
Officials said the $1.5 billion lost from 2005 through 2014 was a "conservative estimate" while patients paid $140 million in out-of-pocket costs.