Health insurer Aetna and Austin, Texas-based accountable care organization Seton Health Alliance are joining forces to help improve the quality of care and lower healthcare costs for patients in three Texas counties.
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Expanding value-based care models, including accountable care organizations, can help address the worsening primary care shortfall in the U.S., according to a recent report by UnitedHealth Group's Center for Health Reform & Modernization.
Johnson City, Tenn.-based Mountain States Health Alliance has announced its Norton (Va.) Community Hospital will undergo an expansion, which will include an ED expansion and a new urgent care facility, according to a report from WJHL.
Health insurer Aetna has partnered with four healthcare organizations in Colorado to help improve the quality of care for patients in several counties and provide patients with increased access to care.
Alistair Erskine, MD, chief clinical informatics officer at Geisinger Health System in Danville, Pa., oversees how the health system uses clinical information to leverage evidence-based practices across the care continuum. Part of his role involves working to make clinical data…
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CMS and state agencies need to work to strengthen standards to ensure adequate access to care services for Medicaid managed care enrollees, according to an HHS Office of Inspector General report.
The Minnesota Commerce Department is getting ready to preview early snapshots of next year's premium rates for the state's health insurance exchange, MNsure, according to a Star Tribune report.
Narrow networks may reduce costs, but they also restrict patient choice. South Dakota voters will head to the polls in October to determine which one of these objectives is more important, as they vote for an "any willing provider law,"…
Morris Collen, MD, founding director of Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente's Department of Medical Methods Research and one of the earliest leaders in the medical informatics field, passed away Saturday at the age of 100.
The Office of the Inspector General released a report on the emergency preparedness and response of the 172 hospitals hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy and found nearly 9 in 10 faced "critical challenges."