How predictive analytics helped reduce readmissions at UnityPoint Health
Engaging with different stakeholders and coaching care teams has helped the health system realize a 40 percent improvement in 30-day readmissions.
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AHIP asks CMS to change Medicare Advantage payment formula
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services should update its county benchmark calculation in the 2019 final notice being published Monday, April 2, AHIP...
Trump rule rolls back guarantee that all health insurance plans include...
Insurers offering plans have been required to cover all FDA-approved contraception, including medications and devices that induce abortion, as well as sterilization procedures.
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Anthem buys palliative care provider Aspire Health
The deal signals another move by an insurer to get into the provider business for more integrated care to lower costs.
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Improving Clinic Profits Through Revenue Cycle Management
Medical professionals spend more money billing and collecting than in any other industry. Even with powerful management software and trained employees, maximizing profit is...
SSM Health completes merger with Agnesian HealthCare and Monroe Clinic
Agnesian HealthCare, Monroe Clinic and their affiliates will adopt the SSM Health brand, while still honoring their legacy names.
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Supreme Court ruling on union fees could shift healthcare politics
American political dynamics around healthcare and other issues could be changed by a U.S. Supreme Court decision Wednesday that significantly weakens public-sector labor unions.
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Massachusetts grabs spotlight by proposing new twist on Medicaid drug coverage
In the absence of new federal policies to tame break-the-bank drug prices, Massachusetts' state Medicaid program hopes to road-test an idea both radical and...
National healthcare spending growth will outpace growth of gross national product,...
Insured population, however, is expected to shrink from 91.1 percent in 2016 to 89.3 percent in 2026 thanks to the repeal of the individual...
VA aligns with four health systems to form generic drug company
Advisors to the ambitious plan include former CMS head Don Berwick, MD, and Harvard professor Clayton Christensen, among others.
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