Nearly 2.2 million people had selected health plans through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act state-based and federal marketplaces by Dec. 28, according to an HHS report.
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Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey added 300 physicians to its Patient-Centered Medical Home Program, bringing the total number of participating physicians to more than 1,300.
Patient-centered care is a cornerstone of any accountable care organization, but creating or joining one doesn't necessarily make patient engagement any easier. In the world of healthcare business, patient engagement may sound like a "soft" concept, but its difficulty is…
Here are a few important study and survey findings about accountable care organizations from the past couple of months.
On January 10th, TeleTracking held a webinar in conjunction with The Joint Commission discussing tactics for managing patient flow in hospitals.
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Medical Billing Specialists, an anesthesia management company, announced that it has teamed up with Survey Vitals to provide anesthesia practices with a quality improvement program.
Emergency departments may be one of the more effective places to pick up the stragglers from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's insurance enrollment process, according to a report from Kaiser Health News.
Health insurer Cigna has announced three new collaborative accountable care initiatives, its version of accountable care organizations: two in Connecticut and one in New Hampshire.
Patient centered medical homes have a modest, albeit positive impact on the quality of care in practices in which they are fully adopted, according to the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative's new report, "The Patient Centered Medical Home's Impact on Cost…
Valley Preferred, a provider-owned preferred provider organization aligned with Lehigh Valley Health Network in Allentown, Pa., has formed a new accountable care agreement with Aetna.