CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield's patient-centered medical home program has reported lower than expected costs for the third consecutive year and has made quality gains for the 1.1 million members covered by the program.
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Hockey great Wayne Gretzky played 20 years in the National Hockey League, earning his place as one of the most talented and celebrated athletes in the sport in the late 1970s through 1990s. I lived just outside St. Louis in…
The following are 70 accountable care and similar collaborative agreements that have been announced so far this year. The list is organized by month beginning with the most recent.
Wednesday, September 17, 2014 | 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CDT The benefits of hospital-wide integration– Fostering a culture of integration & collaboration across departments– Medical leadership and alignment with hospital goals– Improved throughput reduces cost, improves patient satisfaction– Critical…
Cigna has achieved its goal of creating 100 collaborative care arrangements reaching 1 million customers with the recent addition of 11 arrangements in seven states.
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Compassion is upheld as a central virtue in healthcare. But what the $2.8 trillion industry that fatally harms upwards of 440,000 patients per year might need is a good dose of mercilessness — toward itself. Subpar hospitals will need to…
In times of health crisis or pandemic, allowing patients to choose the hospital at which they will receive treatment and providing incentives to influence those choices can be an effective way to manage capacity, according to a study published in…
Anthem Blue Cross has announced that the University of California, San Francisco Medical Group, Brown & Toland Physicians, and various medical foundations linked to Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health have agreed to join regional Anthem accountable care organizations that focus on…
Outsourcing surgery relieves burdens on staff physicians and even improves key metrics like costs, length of stay complications, one new study finds.
According to data from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the four most common reasons for an emergency department visit are abdominal pain, sprains and strains, respiratory infections and superficial injuries.