Increasingly, the healthcare industry is seeing the growth of population health-based care models, strategies and payment arrangements, some of which have been very successful.
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DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind., will partner with Danville, Ind.-based Hendricks Regional Health and PutnamCountyHospital in Greencastle, Ind., to expand medical services and wellness programming to the school's students, faculty and staff, DePauw recently announced.
Hospitals are spending millions of dollars expanding their facilities to improve capacity, but there are fewer beds than ever.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois has formed four new accountable care organizations in the Chicago area with Chicago-based Presence Health, Arlington Heights, Ill.-based Alexian Brothers Health System, Evanston, Ill.-based NorthShore University HealthSystem and Kane County IPA in Tinley…
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield announced last week it has launched four new accountable care organizations in and near Iowa. The new ACO agreements were formed with West Burlington, Iowa-based Great River Health Systems, Mercy Iowa City (Iowa), Omaha,…
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After rising for decades, inpatient volumes are slowly declining nationwide.
Hc1.com has drummed up $28 million in venture capital to expand its business into connecting healthcare organizations directly to patients.
On the Cover 200 statistics on physician compensation | 2015Between the new value-based care models, M&A activity and innovations in healthcare, it is valuable to track compensation to evaluate and compare how changes will affect physicians. Click…
Truckee Tahoe Medical Group announced last week it joined the National Rural Accountable Care Consortium, a program designed to help rural providers participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program.
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