As the importance of care quality and patient experience continues to mount in the era of the ACA, physician practices must find ways to maximize reimbursement under value-based payment models. Shrinking patient wait times can help, according to Diagnostic Imaging.
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Police officers are typically the ones saving patients. But over the weekend at Staten Island, N.Y.-based Richmond University Medical Center, the roles were reversed.
Employees at Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Hospital are sending medical supplies to two Louisiana hospitals affected by the recent floods, according to the Times Free Press.
Across the board, 2015 was a great year for quality improvement among Pioneer accountable care organizations, but not all participants did as well financially, according to data released Thursday by CMS.
In the fourth performance year of the Medicare Shared Savings Program — 2015 — accountable care organizations generated net savings of $429 million for Medicare and improved quality performance on several different measures, according to data released Thursday by CMS.
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In a recent press release, Novia Strategies welcomed John Malone to its consulting team in the position of Vice President.
Tennessee's Insurance Commissioner Julie McPeak fears the state's Affordable Care Act exchange may collapse after insurance regulators approved major rate hikes for insurers, reports The Tennessean.
Humana will not sell individual health plans on Utah's government exchange next year, reports Salt Lake Tribune.
Insurers in swing states are requesting some of the steepest premium increases for 2017 Affordable Care Act plans, a move that could give Republican senators who want to see the ACA repealed a leg up in the upcoming election, according…