Population Health
HHS said $350 million will go to 1,184 health centers across the country to pay for programs that improve their population's access to medical, dental, behavioral, pharmacy and vision care. The remaining $150 million will fund renovation, expansions or new construction to 160 health centers in the country.
Consumers will earn Walgreens Balance Rewards points for enrolling in and funding accounts, activating benefit debit cards, making purchases using their cards, or by participating in healthy activities such as walking, biking and weight management.
As a Standard & Poor's report finds many insurers are missing the mark on their risk-adjustment predictions, a new partnership between population health management consultant Evolent Health and Health Fidelity, which develops technology to steer providers towards value-based care, aims to fill the gap.
Boston-based Partners HealthCare and Salt Lake City-based Health Catalyst have agreed to team up to create the Partners HealthCare Center for Population Health and will share best practices, intellectual property, technology and training in an effort to boost its population health management.
In a just-released report on publicly traded healthcare companies, Goldman named Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Clovis Oncology, Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Sage Therapeutics, Evolent Health and Brookdale Senior Living as companies that make attractive targets to buyers.
Walgreens will open 25 new clinics across Oregon and Washington in partnership with hospital operator Providence Health and Services, the company announced on Friday, as the pharmacy chain continues to grow its clinical business.
Hospital-based wellness centers, once seen as marketing tools for innovative health systems, have become a major part of a hospital's population health management program in the era of quality over quantity of care.
Newport's platform is already being used in LIJ's Lenox Hill Hospital, but under the deal it would also be installed at other LIJ facilities.
Clinics partner with a local hospital, a federally qualified health center and other community-based health organizations to reach a down-on-their-luck population sometimes struggling for basic survival.
Tufts Health Plan is working with Iora to open two new Iora Primary Care practices, in Medford and Hyde Park, exclusively for customers on Tufts' Medicare Preferred and Senior Care Options plans, the latter a dual eligibles plan.