Consumer Satisfaction in Medicare Advantage Plans Rising
While scores are going up, there is still room for improvement.
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FDA warns opioid repackers
FDA warns opioid repackers for "significant violations."
Value-Based Care: Lessons Learned
We spoke with Cleveland Clinic’s chief managed care officer about the lessons he’s learned over the years about the transition to value-based care models.
Study Supports Optimal Threshold for Diagnosing COPD
A new study, funded by NIH, provides evidence to support a simple measurement for diagnosing clinically significant airflow obstruction, the key characteristic of COPD.
FCC to Vote on New Rural Telehealth Program
$100 million would support aid to low-income Americans and veterans in rural areas.
FDA fast tracks blockbuster diabetes drug for heart failure
FDA granted Fast Track designation to a popular diabetes drug to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death and hospitalization for heart failure in people with chronic heart failure.
How Technology Can Prevent Clinician Burnout
How technology can help, not cause more headaches for the physicians using it.
The First Hep C Value-Based Bundled Payment Plan
Care1st Health Plan Arizona recently unveiled what it calls the first-ever U.S. Medicaid value-based agreement for hep C treatment. Here’s why they say other plans should take notice.
The Impact of a Hospital Post-Acute Care Program on Value-Based Care
Medicare’s Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI-A) model continues to incentivize value-based care.
Featured Exec Joe Swedish: Partner and Co-founder of Concord Health Partners
With more than four decades in healthcare, Joe Swedish has started a private equity firm aimed at improving healthcare.
Rising Healthcare Costs Require Vigilance
As projections say healthcare costs will only increase in the future, health execs need to devise strategies to cope.
New Findings on Loneliness Can Improve Pop Health
Newly published research provides insight and direction for health experts seeking to maximize population health and well-being and help alleviate feelings of being disconnected from others.
Peptic Ulcer Disease Drug Pipeline: What You Need to Know
The current and future treatments for the $10 billion condition.
What Employers Are Thinking About in Healthcare
How employers are looking to tackle health costs.
How Healthcare Executive Compensation Is Impacted by Value-Based Payments
The future of executive compensation at managed care organizations will be based on incentives.
Kaiser To Fund Gun Injury Research
Three research studies will focus on how clinicians can help prevent firearm injuries.
Ford Grows in Medical Transportation Space
Why the auto maker sees transportation as an opportunity.
Do New Executive Healthcare Roles Make Sense?
With the push to value-based care, C-suites are adding new roles to foster innovation. What are those new roles, and are they working?
Google and Sanofi Team Up
The tech giant and pharmaceutical manufacturer are hoping to develop new solutions together.
Are certain anticholinergic meds linked to dementia risk?
The validity of a new large study linking anticholinergic drugs to the risk of dementia has stirred up controversy.
Driving Value-Based Care as a Health System
Why health systems need to move toward full-risk or capitation models.
Cancer and Ethnicity
Results from a collaborative study show a significant difference between different ethnic groups and the likelihood of hereditary genetic mutations that are linked to breast cancer.
Cybersecurity glitch wreaks havoc on insulin pumps
FDA recalls insulin pumps due to cybersecurity miscommunication.
Top 10 States for Hospital Safety
The states with the highest patient safety records in hospitals.
Mental Healthcare Needs Are Increasing
A study finds that more and more Americans are facing significant mental health issues.
Eight Healthcare Policy Takeaways from the Democratic Presidential Debate
What you need to know about the candidates’ views on healthcare.
What Will Trump’s Price Transparency Executive Order Do?
How will the executive order on healthcare pricing transparency affect the industry?
What the Alexander-Murray Bill Could Mean for PBMs
How the drug pricing bill could affect pharmacy benefit managers.
Do Patients Want Patient Portals?
They might be the key to patient engagement, but how are patients using them?
Why High-Value Care Adoption Is Stagnant
New analysis finds that there are plenty of opportunities for providers to step up their efforts to reduce their utilization of low-value care and increase their use of services that deliver better value for patients.
