Population Health
Between 1997 and 2011, there was a nearly 50 percent reduction in emergency department mortality rates for adults in the United States, according to a new study published by Health Affairs.
Parents who say their children with autism are legally entitled to applied behavioral analysis -- or ABA -- treatment are butting heads with Texas officials. And without Medicaid coverage, they must either forgo the therapy or find a way to pay for individual insurance plans that help pick up the costs.
A new study takes a fresh measure of generic drugs' price advantages, revealing how much more Medicare Part D patients shelled out in copayments for two popular brand-name drugs in 2013. The result: 10.5 times more.
One day after Providence Health and Services and St. Joseph Health began operating as a combined nonprofit entity, and the newly-formed health and social services system -- dubbed Providence St. Joseph Health -- said Wednesday that it will use a $100 million investment to create the Institute for Mental Health and Wellness.
After legal battles and lobbying efforts, tens of thousands of people with hepatitis C are gaining earlier access to expensive drugs that can cure this condition.
Out-of-pocket expenses have dropped for employees while access to care has not suffered, executives say.
The study's authors said research into practice-level implementation should be the next step, particularly since the vast majority of research conducted to date has been under old -- and possibly soon-to-be-outdated -- care delivery models.
Obama administration is making a push to get young adults covered on the health insurance marketplaces, both for their own good and that of the marketplaces, which need healthy people to balance sicker ones in the risk pool.
The new brand offers a single enterprise solution that include analytics, consulting, health information management and revenue cycle management.
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.