Population Health
American Hospital Association asked Congress to boost funding for rural telehealth, broaden their definition of rural and lift limitations like expanding the types of technology allowed.
Organizations are each expanding services to address non-medical factors that can have a significant impact on individual and population health.
The program outperforms the fee-for-service version when it comes to higher rates of preventive screenings, fewer avoidable hospitalizations and fewer emergency room visits.
Twelve parents declined to take their children - ages 5 and under - with them when they were deported, officials say.
After adjustments for race, poverty level and other factors, plans serving the highest proportions of disadvantaged populations improved considerably in the rankings.
The New York City health system created a program focusing on housing homeless patients that has already reaped big rewards.
She says redesign of the home health payment system would encourage value over volume.
Kidney transplantation is more cost-effective and associated with better health outcomes than dialysis, the authors said.
Most initiatives generally lack a foundation of consumer insights and analytics, and favor traditional over innovative approaches.
Researchers looked at 3 states with different policies and found a risk of low-income patients staying or becoming uninsured because of work requirements, health savings and premiums.