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…
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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.
Truman Medical Centers, based in Kansas City, Mo., has broken ground on a $29 million, 90,000-square-foot outpatient center at its Hospital Hill campus in Kansas City, according to a Kansas City Public Media report.
Aetna and Purchase, N.Y.-based WESTMED Medical Group are entering into a Medicare collaborative care agreement and also announced the results of the first year of their patient-centered medical home.
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A new Health Affairs article focuses on the role of pharmacy services in accountable care organizations and how pharmacy care has been overlooked in value-based reimbursement models.
UnitedHealthcare is collaborating with NYUPN Clinically Integrated Network to provide coordinated care to more than 70,000 New York residents.
Five Missouri hospitals and health systems — Bothwell Regional Health Center in Sedalia, Hannibal (Mo.) Regional Healthcare System, University of Missouri Health Care in Columbia, Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City and Lake Regional Health System in Osage Beach…
Why Embrace BYOD and how to do it without compromising patient privacy Policies around mobile device use inside and outside the clinical setting have become a must address issue. This in-depth report provides answers to key questions about the…
Northridge, Calif.-based Heritage Provider Network and Rite Aid have entered into an agreement to bring the Rite Aid Health Alliance program to HPN's chronic and poly-chronic patients across Southern California.