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Four trends changing the health insurance marketSeveral changes, from new payment models to the "Cadillac Tax," are impacting the health insurance market.
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Four reasons MCOs should outsource administrative tasksBy working with service providers that are employing robotics and advanced analytics, organizations can leverage automation and innovation to address key challenges.
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How health policies are impacting diabetes diagnosesIn this blog, the vice president of medical affairs for Quest Diagnostics discusses how Medicaid expansion has impacted diabetes diagnoses.
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CMS okays new payments for chronic care managementThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently instituted a billing code that finally reimburses providers separately for non-face-to-face services.
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Five ways hospitals can cut equipment maintenance costsStreamlining equipment maintenance and repair processes presents an enormous opportunity for healthcare facilities to reduce expenses associated with outside technicians.
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How precision medicine improves chronic disease managementIf we can accurately understand each patient’s risk for disease, we can create more nuanced preventive care plans and better invest our resources.
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Five ways hospitals are helping patients find health coverageTo survive, hospital executives must find new and creative ways to help uninsured and low-income patients secure health insurance.
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Four ways managed care executives can advance interoperabilityManaged healthcare executives can set the table for future economic expansion of interoperability capabilities by following a few simple, straightforward tips.
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How to Ramp Up Physician Engagement at Your Health SystemSuccessful health systems share their tips.
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Opinion: The Future of Pharmacy Care Services, Post-PandemicSenior Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer for Optum Rx and member of the Managed Healthcare Executive® Editorial Advisory Board, David Calabrese, provides his commentary on the future of pharmacy care services after the coronavirus pandemic.
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CMS okays new payments for chronic care managementThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently instituted a billing code that finally reimburses providers separately for non-face-to-face services.
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Four ways to engage physicians in health IT initiativesCreating buy-in among hospital physicians when embarking on a new technology initiative can be difficult. Here are some tips.
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Five ways your physicians should use mobile devicesMobile devices are becoming a very real part of the healthcare journey. Are your physicians making the most of their capabilities?
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Overcoming a key barrier to highly satisfied patientsHere are four ways to help your organization overcome key hurdles to effective patient communication.
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How retail medicine lost its wayIf most patients are not going to exceed their deductible in a given year, they are now “consumers” and are looking for differentiators that offer fixed fee care.
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How retail medicine lost its wayIf most patients are not going to exceed their deductible in a given year, they are now “consumers” and are looking for differentiators that offer fixed fee care.
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Eight changes that foretell the modernization of healthcareWe are on the verge of healthcare modernization that will transform the healthcare experience.
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Liable for a data breach?Taking reasonable preventative care is a must as healthcare breaches grow in number.
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What healthcare executives should know about ICD-10Experts say the benefits of ICD-10 will far outweigh the risks. Here's why.
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Using data analytics to effectively manage populationsAn active population health management program is key to improving performance, and it needs big data engagement analytics if it’s going to succeed.
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Fighting back against 340B criticismsIn this commentary, three pharmacy experts explain why they believe the 340B Drug Program is a needed safety net for safety net hospitals.
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Survey: Healthcare C-Suite Ready for Pop Health ManagementAt the recent Midas+ Annual Symposium, C-level healthcare executives were asked about their perspective on population health management. Here's what they said.
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The potential effects of the proposed payer mergersA deeper dive into the proposed payer mergers reveals how they could impact market dynamics.
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New Payment Model Improves Cancer Care at Oncology GroupCEO of a Pennsylvania-based oncology group shares how participating in a new value-based model is changing the care approach.
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Assess healthcare leadership's ability to handle a crisisIf a crisis were to suddenly arise for your organization, would your people be ready to handle it?
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Volume to value: A successful hospital's 5 best practicesPhoenix Children's Hospital's leadership team looked at how the foundational practices of accountable care could be implemented at the pediatric level. Here's what they found.
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Diverse health IT partnerships are critical to interoperabilityAs managed care leaders, better care for patients can be achieved through increased medical data exchange through diverse and collaborative organization involvement.
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Premium Content Preview | BYOD Trends in Healthcare: 2015 Survey Data RevealedA popular topic for hospitals right now is whether to allow employees to use their personal smartphones and tablets for staffcommunications and patient alerts. “Bring your own device” (BYOD) is a challenging issue because it encompasses so manyquestions related to an organization’s costs, security risks, IT availability, and the varying needs of different groups of staff.There is no one-size-fits all answer, and the landscape is changing rapidly as mobile strategies in healthcare mature.
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Pandemic Demands Highlight Resilience, Value of Physician AssistantsCOVID-19 has applied a type of pressure on the U.S. this year that none of us have experienced in our lifetimes. Like every other segment of healthcare professionals, certified physician assistants have been put to the test during 2020.
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Ten ways NPs reduce costs, improve qualityCindy Cooke, president of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, shares 10 ways nurse practitioners reduce healthcare costs while improving quality.
