Amidst the healthcare.gov debacle, let's not lose sight of what is really important—access to affordable health insurance. Please start doing a better job of controlling your agency's message about the public's access to health...
Hospital readmission rates remain stubborn. Hoping to move the needle, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield has made its care transition program, which tracks readmissions indicators, mandatory for hospitals that have failed to meet a certain threshold.
Senior health plan executives sound upbeat about health insurance exchanges, Medicare Advantage plans, and collaborative risk-sharing agreements with providers.
Among the significant perks of being a five-star plan is the ability of payers to enroll members throughout the year rather than only during the seven-week Medicare open enrollment period.
Six years after launching a dental medical integration program, Aetna reports that hospital admissions and claims costs are down, while diabetes control has improved by 45% among 1.5 million patients.
Medicaid and Medicare Advantage plans are the primary drivers of a resurgence in health maintenance organizations in the Lone Star state, where Medicare Advantage HMOs enjoyed double-digit enrollment growth in 2012.
Patient-centered primary care is one part of WellPoint's strategy to shift provider reimbursements from volume-based to value-based care arrangements. A year into a multi-state rollout, the program is delivering as expected....
The impact of health insurance exchanges will take months and years to assess. December 15, not October 1, is the big date; young invincibles aren't essential yet; and it will be 2015 before the viability of HIX is known.
Just in time for consumers to assess their coverage opportunities in the soon-to-be-unveiled health insurance exchanges, the National Committee for Quality Assurance has released its annual ranking of health insurance plans.
