Population Health
Despite growth of these plans, price shopping, cost discussions with doctors are rarely happening, researchers find.
Expensive branded drugs, diagnostic testing and imaging for some patients prior to low-risk surgery and population-based vitamin D screening all make the list.
Some would pay as much as $1,000 for genomic sequencing offered through employer health plans.
Testing certain individuals instead of the patient population for diseases such as tuberculosis and hepatitis B and C, can be more cost-effective, the researchers said.
Advanced clinical trials are underway for at least 10 investigational therapies that have shown promise in slowing or blocking development of Alzheimer's disease.
Physicians will coordinate care across primary care, specialists, hospitals, laboratories and other services necessary to improve the health status of members.
And that frustration could mean they fall short of payment incentive goals, SA Ignite says.
Data suggest program emphasizes strategies that unintentionally harmed patients with heart failure.
Seniors are more likely to weigh prices for groceries, gas, cable and internet service, and even travel deals, than for a Medicare plan.
Older adults with delirium have longer hospital stays, higher care costs, and increased rates of death and institutionalization.