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801. 5 Market Factors Influencing Population Health Contracts
... experience must transformation at all if there is little need for dominant health plans to offer population health options to have a competitive advantage. Or, the health plans could determine that population ...15 April 2014 -
802. 10 Things to Know About UPMC
... of the year, meaning more than 1 million Highmark members will no longer have in-network access to UPMC providers — an concern given UPMC's position as the dominant player in the regional market. The contract ...11 April 2014 -
803. 10 Hospitals and Health Systems With Strong Finances
... attributed the upgrade to CMC's dominant market position in Fresno and its rising operating performance. CMC has more than $1 billion in annual revenue with 53,000 admissions. The system controlled about ...07 April 2014 -
804. 20 Things to Know About Kaiser Permanente
... billion. Each independent Permanente Medical Group operates as a for-profit organization, though the dominant payer for each is its respective Kaiser Foundation Health Plan division. Of the top ...03 April 2014 -
805. Allscripts on the Most Exciting Niche in Health IT (And It's Not EHRs
... the transition. "As you fast-forward through time, I think [remote communication] is going to be the dominant way, other than for accidents and significant illnesses like cancer, that people will deal ...14 March 2014 -
806. S&P Predicts Weaker-Than-Expected Earnings for Highmark
... attributed to Highmark's "contentious contract renegotiation process" with Pittsburgh-based UPMC. Highmark is the fourth-largest Blue Cross and Blue Shield affiliate and the dominant insurer in the region. ...05 March 2014 -
807. Study: Inpatient Hospital Prices Drive Spending Differences
... perform the best on outcome-based quality measures. However, high-price hospitals' dominant market positions, large size and membership in even larger systems make it hard for payers to negotiate lower ...28 February 2014 -
808. Why the Global mHealth Market Will Hit $49B by 2020
... currently is home monitoring solutions, due to growing incidence of chronic disease. Home monitoring will continue to be a dominant market force in the next six years, according to the report. More Articles ...28 February 2014 -
809. Publisher's Letter March 201
... Most operators own fewer than three centers and don’t have a dominant market presence, according to HealthCare Appraisers, making the market ripe for consolidation. 8. Overall, growth in the ambulatory ...26 February 2014 -
810. Narrow Networks Put Hospitals on the Offensive
... lower premiums while maintaining access to high-quality, specialized care. For those in markets with a single dominant player, the promise of narrow networks is, well, less promising. A situation where ...31 January 2014 -
811. Study: High-Price Doesn't Mean High-Quality for Hospital
... price differences between different hospitals, and if a plan is sending people to lower-priced hospitals, it's going to be able to offer a lower premium." However, high-price hospitals' dominant market ...31 January 2014 -
812. The St. Luke's Antitrust Case: 10 Things to Kno
... make it the dominant provider in the Nampa area for primary care and give it "significant bargaining leverage" over health insurance plans, he wrote. 3. The judge said there is no empirical evidence t ...30 January 2014 -
813. Challenges and Opportunities of Forming ASC Joint Ventures
... would be the dominant owner in a typical joint venture, hospital staff typically do not manage the ASC. "It's unusual to see a hospital-ASC joint venture that is hospital-managed do well," Mr. Lambert says. ...24 January 2014 -
814. 8 Thoughts on the State of Healthcare
... and don't have a dominant market presence, according to Healthcare Appraisers, making the market ripe for consolidation. 8. Overall, growth in the ambulatory surgery sector will slow. Growth in overall ...09 January 2014 -
815. Challenging Healthcare Landscape Fertile Ground for AMC Repositioning
... their dominant market position to large, evolving systems. Government and commercial payers are aggressively advancing value-based payment methodologies and steering patients to lower cost providers. ...07 January 2014 -
816. 5 Key Statistics on Urgent Care Centers
... 5. The urgent care center market is highly fragmented, according to HealthCare Appraisers. Most operators own fewer than three centers and don't have a dominant market presence. More Articles on Urgent ...09 December 2013 -
817. The Rise of Narrow Networks and What it Means for Hospitals
... on how dominant one payer is in market," she says. "Where there's a good diversity of payers, it might be a little slower to come in terms of one payer taking the leap of faith that they're going to be th ...06 December 2013 -
818. 3 Observations About the EHR Market in 2013 and Beyond
... and you start to see a dominant approach, a dominant technology and a few dominant companies." The meaningful use program may have artificially elongated the market life of some companies, but Mr. Tripathi ...03 December 2013 -
819. Staying Strong Under Pressure: Nonprofit Hospitals Discuss the Challenges and Opportunities of 2014
... senior vice president and CFO of West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health doesn't anticipate significant activity on the exchanges in 2014 outside of Medicaid expansion. Many of the dominant payers ...27 November 2013 -
820. Meeting the Challenge of High Reliability
... perspective, four of every five hospitals could substantially improve peer review program structure, process and/or governance, and thereby advance a culture of safety. Since peer review is the dominant ...19 November 2013