Health Management

A new study has exciting findings about costs and hospital admissions for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries participating in certain food delivery programs.

Apple brings health records to the iPhone. Find out what it means for EHR interoperability and patient engagement.

Drug makers and payers have these challenges to implement outcomes-based contracts, but here are three steps that can be taken as a transition toward these payment arrangements.

A call center-based social support role may be a valuable addition to the evolving healthcare workforce, according to a new study.

Oncology experts shed light on progress of genetic testing and targeted therapies in lung cancer.

Here are five strategies managed care organizations and healthcare providers can use to support chronic patients and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of chronic care.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects women differently than men. Here are some of the biggest variations.

A new CAQH CORE report has the inside information to streamline the exchange of value-based payment information.

A new survey from PNC Healthcare sheds important light on patient-centered care among various age groups, especially millennials.

How Humana is successfully improving care for members in two cities.

Here are three innovative structures in pricing models to address the high-cost of curative therapies.

A new study looks at how U.S. healthcare spending compares to 10 other high-income countries. Here are three of the biggest areas in which U.S. spending is higher.

Here's how one federally qualified health center in southcentral Pennsylvania is tackling the opioid crisis in its community.

HealthKonnect, a subsidiary of Chinese insurer Ping An Insurance Group developed a personal health-risk prediction model that has the ability to predict at individual patient level future healthcare risks measured by total medical costs. Here’s how.

A study from the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute has shocking findings about certain blood pressure medications and mortality outcomes.

A new Private Exchange Research Council study shows why decision support and educational tools are necessary to help employees navigate the choice in benefits.

Healthcare systems stand to lose $6 million if burned out physicians choose to resign or work elsewhere. Here are some ways to curb burnout and its associated costs.

In the shift to value care, value-based purchasing guidelines reward positive quality metrics with bonuses and levy fines and assessments on institutions that are unable to demonstrate quality of care. Often however, it’s not the care itself that’s at fault, but the reporting. Here’s an approach to capturing those crucial metrics.

Experts weigh in on the spending outlook for these high-cost conditions.

Gene therapy is leaving its mark, while payers contemplate payment models, value, and efficacy issues.

A new study shows that ACA tobacco rating rules aren't enforced in employer plans.

ECRI Institute names diagnostic errors the number one concern on its Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for Healthcare Organizations. Here’s how technology tools can help.

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A UCLA study shows that the Great Recession intensified patients’ cardiovascular risk factors.

There are a host of causes for a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to be hospitalized, ranging from pneumonia to infection.

Experts weigh in on a recent lawsuit against PBMs, whether similar lawsuits will crop up, and the likely outcomes.

A revealing study shows what happens when urban Medicaid patients are offered complimentary rideshares to their primary care appointment.

The American Medical Association (AMA) is working to prevent new cases of type 2 diabetes-a leading cause of death and disability in the U.S. However, we know that we cannot do it alone.

A new study has eye-opening findings about home hospital care cost and patient experience.

Healthcare consumers want their digital customer experience to be similar to retail, according to revealing research findings from NTT DATA Services presented at HIMSS.