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Colorado-based health system Catholic Health Initiatives will be backing its way out of the insurance market after its health plan subsidiary, QualChoice Health, posted significant losses over the past couple of years, according to financial documents released by the company.
Highest paid physician types for 2015 were nuclear medicine, neurological surgery; orthopedic surgery; radiology; and nueromusculorskeletal medicine.
Lower-than-expected enrollment in the new insurance exchanges, and significant insurer losses, have resulted in substantial premium increases and insurer withdrawals from state markets.
The clinical care model has integrated care teams of health coaches, diabetes educators, pharmacists and resource coordinators.
The concept of image sharing as part of a true enterprise imaging solution strategy was the most important reason for considering a new image sharing vendor, according to the peer60 report.
Attendees share photos, insights and potent one-liners on social media during the Healthcare Financial Management Association event in Las Vegas.
Higher numbers of payers and practice managers coming to the show, underscoring the need for collaboration in the face of volume-to-value shift.
A one-day strike scheduled for Monday at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston that would have been the largest in Massachusetts history and the first in Boston in 30 years has been averted. The Massachusetts Nurses Association made the announcement Saturday, less than two days before the strike was scheduled to begin.
3,300 nurses at Brigham and Women's Hospital have said they would go out on strike for 24 hours on Monday, causing the major Boston healthcare provider to bring in 700 nurses from an outside agency and ramp down patient operations to 60 percent capacity.
DeKalb Physician Hospital Organization and UnitedHealthcare have jointly launched an accountable care program that will dedicate more resources to coordinating patient care and making it easier to share health information, the two announced Thursday.