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Inaccurate provider directories create barriers to careHere are four ways that health plans can improve their internal processes for collecting provider data.
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Senior housing, healthcare partnership leads to savings, lower readmissionsPartnership between senior living provider and healthcare system improves population health.
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Five ways tech can help close healthcare gapsIt’s no surprise that gaps in the screening, monitoring, and management of chronic diseases abound, even in managed care settings. Here’s how technology can help.
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Four steps managed care can take to promote antimicrobial stewardshipThe call for antimicrobial stewardship is growing. Enact these steps to prevent a return to the pre-antibiotic era.
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Will Americans Accept Longer Wait Time in Medicare For All?The Medicare for All debate surrounds the 2020 election-but is it truly understood?
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Regulatory changes for community oncology: What health execs should knowOne thing that is unlikely to change under the new Administration is the goal of reducing the cost of healthcare through various alternative payment initiatives. Here’s how that will affect oncology.
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Diabetes prevention programs avert, delay disease onsetDiabetes accounts for one out of every 10 American healthcare dollars spent, but new national programs are helping address this issue.
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Three ways health execs can tap into the powerful patient influencer networkHere are 3 ways that technology can tap into the powerful network of non-clinical patient influencers who will ultimately impact a patient’s healthcare decisions and behavioral changes.
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Opinion: Substance use disorder privacy law limits both payers, prescribersTwo University of Massachusetts Medical School pharmacists make the case to reform or align 42 CFR Part 2 with HIPAA to better serve patients with substance use disorder.
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Four ways health execs can help their organizations mitigate cyberattacksHealthcare executives are starting to realize that preventing cyberattacks is not just a task for their IT departments and third-party security vendors.
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Four ways health execs can help their organizations mitigate cyberattacksHealthcare executives are starting to realize that preventing cyberattacks is not just a task for their IT departments and third-party security vendors.
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Investing in the FutureMany of the challenges that face our industry in 2020 will require a fresh way of thinking.
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21st Century-Style Diabetes Disease Management: Coaches and Tech-EnabledSeveral Blues plans have contracted with vendors that supply tech-enabled diabetes disease management and prevention programs. Sometimes the tech is combined with coaching - by a real, live human being.
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Two strategies to help consumers lower drug costsHealthPartners aims to improve price information for consumers. Here’s how.
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Opinion: Five key takeaways from Trump's budget proposalTrump’s proposal highlights the administration’s priorities and can give stakeholders insight into future policy change.
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Opinion: Five key takeaways from Trump's budget proposalTrump’s proposal highlights the administration’s priorities and can give stakeholders insight into future policy change.
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Three EHR challenges hindering value-based reimbursementHere are 3 EHR-related challenges that are impeding the advancement of IT support for value-based reimbursements.
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Three reasons for nonadherenceUncover the root causes of why patients become nonadherent and be better positioned to improve the lives of patients and reduce costs through improved health outcomes.
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6 Successful Strategies to Supercharge your ACOThe true key to achieving high savings, more patient volume, and better health outcomes is to effectively use clinical and cost data with physicians to create interventions that improve performance.
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Five strategies to improve care for members with advanced diseaseHere are five key strategies to improve care and outcomes for members with advanced illness.
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Opinion: Medicare for all: Imminent or pipe dream?As the nation debates the future of our healthcare system, one idea gaining attention is a “Medicare-for-all” single-payer national health insurance plan.
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Four questions to ask about healthcare benchmarkingHere’s how successful strategy leaders look to industry benchmark data to map out where they want to take their service line, practice or institution.
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What Every Healthcare Executive Must Remember as 2019 ApproachesWhile we all want to predict the future so we can avoid obstacles, we cannot allow our desire for clarity to become an obstacle itself.
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Opinion: Three ways to maximize the benefits of physician assistantsHow Phoenix Children’s improved access, value and outcomes through a dedicated focus on advanced practice providers.
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9 Ways to Show Strong Leadership During the COVID-19 OutbreakThe COVID-19 outbreak has tried the souls of people the world over, both personally and professionally, and healthcare executives are no exception. Despite seeing their plans and schedules torn up, executives can meet and master the unrelenting demands of leadership when a typical workday is anything but. Consider these tips from your industry peers to not just survive but also thrive — and to inspire your employees to do the same.
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Insurers Take up Mantle to Ensure ImmunizationsHealth plans build strategies to ensure their beneficiaries have easy access to and receive vital immunizations.
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Opinion: 4 reasons to revitalize the Children’s Health Insurance ProgramAs legislative discussions begin regarding the reauthorization of CHIP, it is imperative to keep in mind how proposed cuts could be detrimental to the health and future of our nation’s children.
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Opinion: The Time is Now for Change of Health, Racial DisparitiesDarnell Dent, principal of Dent Advisory Services and a member of the Managed Healthcare Executive® Editorial Advisory Board, discusses health disparities for people of color - specifically Blacks and Latinos - and how COVID-19 has highlighted our failure at the intersection of public health, healthcare and social justice.
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CMS quality payment program year 2 proposal: 8 things to knowCMS’ Quality Payment Program launched in 2016 as part of MACRA. Here’s what’s in store for Year 2.
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Three ways convenience drives the future of healthcareTechnology is enabling healthcare consumers the freedom to choose. With increasing choices, convenience is at the forefront of the next evolution of healthcare, and companies need to focus on delivering great end-to-end experiences to meet the needs of today’s consumers.
