Quality and Safety
North Carolina employers have a chance to help improve patient care and save healthcare costs thanks to First in Health, a public-private partnership that will make it possible for them to tap into a medical home created for Medicaid recipients that has helped improve care while saving more than $1 billion.
The New Jersey company, which works with payers, employers and others to tailor incentive-based preventive health and wellness programs for members and employees, has enhanced its platform to deal with specific conditions, such as diabetes and COPD.
The proportion of Americans who reported going without or delaying needed healthcare declined modestly between 2007 and 2010, according to a national report released today by the Center for Studying Health System Change.
Continuing their crusade to make the congressional super committee aware of the repercussions of how cuts to Medicare and Medicaid will impact the skilled nursing facility industry, SNF advocates have released an analysis by Avalere Health that finds if more cuts are made, the industry's operating margin will be zilch.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Tuesday a new initiative to help improve care for patients while they are in the hospital and after they are discharged.
Fifteen community groups across the state will receive more than $5 million in funding to help push telehealth services to those who need it most, resulting in better access to healthcare and reducing costs.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is sponsoring a contest for new Facebook applications designed to help people prepare for emergencies and get support from friends and family after an emergency occurs.
WellPoint announced today it has completed its acquisition of CareMore Health Group, a provider of Medicare Advantage plans and Special Needs Plans designed for the chronically ill in select California, Nevada and Arizona markets.
Quality improvements and lower costs have been touted as benefits of hospital-physician alignment, but such results are not guaranteed says a briefing released by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC), a nonpartisan health policy research organization.
After speaking with Ulrich Brechbühl, President and CEO of Chamberlin Edmonds, earlier this summer about how his firm helps connect underserved patients with the most appropriate government healthcare programs, I was eager to hear the hospital’s side of the story. Just how big of a benefit were these services bringing to patients’ lives?