Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is opening retail stores in strip malls to educate consumers about the new health insurance exchanges and help them enroll, according to a News & Observer report.
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The Jackson (Tenn.) Clinic, a multispecialty group practice in western Tennessee, improved care quality and lowered costs in its first year as a participant in Cigna's collaborative accountable care initiative, the insurer's version of an accountable care organization.
Northwest Ohio ACO, the Medicare Shared Savings Program accountable care organization formed as a joint venture between the Toledo Clinic and the University of Toledo Physicians, has partnered with Senior Independence, a Columbus, Ohio-based division of Ohio Presbyterian Retirement Services.
Box Butte General Hospital in Alliance, Neb., is planning a $34 million expansion project, according to a Kota Territory ABC News report.
Many consumers in the U.S. don't understand traditional health insurance plans, according to a Journal of Health Economics study.
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Louisiana State University Hospital in Shreveport announced it will add pediatric exam rooms to its emergency department, according to a report from the Shreveport Times.
Telemedicine is a life-saver for critically injured or severely ill children in rural areas, according to a study published in the journal Critical Care Medicine.
Sutter Health's Palo Alto (Calif.) Medical Foundation will add two medical sites in Los Gatos, Calif, according to a report from Los Gatos Patch.
Managing population health successfully will require collaboration among three sectors: healthcare delivery, public health and community and social services, according to a report by a participant in the Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Population Health Improvement.
Newton, Mass.-based Atrius Health, an alliance of nonprofit physician groups and a home health agency and hospice, has been working toward population health management for some time, so joining Medicare's Pioneer Accountable Care Organization Model in 2011 just made sense.