Bending the cost curve in healthcare requires not only developing new payment models but also using the same data-driven rigor that is applied to healthcare-provider finances to the clinical realm, Yale-New Haven Health cardiologist says.
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In proposed changes to Medicare's new value-based payment system for physicians, federal officials want to delay mandatory data reporting for another year and lower implementation burdens for small physician practices.
Although nonprofit and for-profit hospitals are fundamentally similar, there are significant cultural and operational differences, such as strategic approaches to scale and operational discipline.
A former president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, who is also a former member of Congress, describes the potential fate of the bill intended to repeal Obamacare.
At Bellin Health, offering employees vaccinations, preventive-medicine screenings, and free services for some health conditions has made a significant reduction in the number of claims.
In the employer-sponsored insurance market, swings between single-digit and double-digit growth in the annual cost to treat patients appear to be over, a new 2018 medical cost trend report says.
A former US representative and ex-president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners expects financial turmoil in the healthcare industry as Obamacare repeal-and-replace legislation lurches through Congress.
