Washington, D.C., may be pumping the breaks on some value-based care initiatives, but more progressive commercial payers like Cigna are putting their weight behind advanced accountable care models.
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For most accountable care organizations, the near future increasingly includes downside risk — which might catch some ACO’s off guard.
Indianapolis-based IU Health will launch the state's first and only mobile stroke treatment unit, a specialized vehicle with equipment capable of diagnosing and treating a stroke on-scene, according to a March 26 press release.
More than half of adults are more concerned about their parents potentially misusing prescription drugs than their children, according to an online survey commissioned by WellCare Health Plans.
The adoption of health IT tools will drive growth in the global population health management market through 2025, according to a report by the market intelligence company Transparency Market Research.
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Aspirus Crystal Falls (Mich.) Clinic will stop providing dialysis treatment March 30, according to WLUC.
Pittsburgh-based UPMC Mercy South Side Outpatient Center will begin moving its services to other facilities in the Pittsburgh-based UPMC network in July — leaving the facility with an uncertain future, according to Trib Live.
For many patients who have been newly diagnosed with a disease, social media is the first place they turn for answers, NPR reports.
Orlando (Fla.) Health and Aetna will launch a new employee-sponsored health plan June 1.
In rural areas where access to women's health services is often limited, apps like Nurx — which let users have their birth control pills delivered — show promise, according to NPR.