Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey launched an accountable care organization Jan. 1 with LHS Health Network, a network of physician practices, hospitals and other healthcare providers affiliated with Lourdes Health System in Camden, N.J.
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Certain elements of value-based insurance design plans may lead to higher medication adherence, according to a study published in Health Affairs.
New York Methodist Hospital in the affluent Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn has plans to open an outpatient care center next to its main campus, and those plans are creating extreme tension between New York Methodist and its residential neighbors,…
Recently released analyses of Medicare's Pioneer accountable care organizations showed the program gleaned gross savings of $147 million in 2012, the first year of its operation. However, some Pioneers performed much better than others — only nine of the 23…
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, the largest health insurer in the state, has expanded its pay-for-performance initiative by nailing down value-based reimbursement contracts with 24 hospitals.
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While the number of retail clinics has more than doubled in the last seven years from 600 to approximately 1,500 retail clinics, there is no correlation between the presence of retail clinics and reductions in emergency department patient volumes, according…
Many emergency departments suffer from overcrowding: From 1997 to 2007, ED visit rates increased at twice the rate of growth of the U.S. population, according to a study in JAMA. Additionally, since 1990, the number of hospital EDs has decreased…
Pinehurst, N.C.-based FirstHealth of the Carolinas has selected Truven Health Analytics' Unify solution to strengthen its population health efforts, according to a Truven news release.
Lancaster (Pa.) General Health has developed a new care model, Care Connections, to help high-risk patients with high rates of utilization better manage their care.
Changes are likely coming to how urgent care is regulated, which could lead to advantages for hospitals and health systems looking to enter into the space.