Population Health

Aviation giant Boeing has added Roper St. Francis Health Alliance in Charleston, South Carolina and Mercy in St. Louis to its health plan, according to a Boeing spokesman, as the company continues to grow its in-house benefits network.

Admissions and emergency-room care rose in centers that were part of the experiment compared with results in those that weren't.

Medicare Trustees are projecting that the program's trust fund for hospital insurance coverage will remain solvent until 2030, unchanged from last year, and 13 years longer than the Trustees projected in 2009, before the passage of the Affordable Care Act.

The study, in the July issue of the policy journal Health Affairs, found that the average birth control pill user saved $255 in the year after the requirement took effect.

CMS plans to cut payment for 60-day care episodes by nearly $81, or 1.72 percent. The agency said the proposed rule would save the government $380 million.

Gynecologists ordered fewer preventive services for women who were insured by Medicaid than for those with private coverage, the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey found.

Some employers say a proposed rule could force them to cut the size of wellness programs’ financial incentives or penalties.

A scathing state audit shows that California is failing to make sure Medicaid managed care plans deliver their promises to patients.

The June agreement paves the way for both NYU Langone and NYU Langone Huntington to adapt to the changing healthcare environment from hospital-based to local ambulatory care, according to the health system.

An increasing number of healthcare organizations are turning to demand forecasting, crunching numbers to help them determine potential device usage, patient demand and even to decide whether or not to build new facilities.