As the number of Americans with chronic conditions continues to grow, health plans are constantly trying new approaches to meet their condition management goals with fewer resources. Payers are seeking to optimize outcomes while…
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The decisions health insurance executives make reverberate across the healthcare industry. Reimbursement policies, billing practices, the decisions that govern which technologies to adopt affect members, physician practices, hospitals and health systems. The Biden administration…
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Millions of Americans struggle with ongoing pain from chronic conditions — a problem that costs the U.S. an estimated $635 billion each year and has played a key role in the country’s persisting opioid…
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Background: The Health eLiteracy for Prevention in General Practice trial is a primary health care–based behavior change intervention for weight loss in Australians who are overweight and those with obesity from lower socioeconomic areas….
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ECRI, the patient safety organization, has published its annual list of the 10 health technology hazards it’s watching in 2024.WHY IT MATTERSAs part of its safety-focused mission, the nonprofit ECRI conducts independent evaluations of…
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What You Should Know:
– Vizient, Inc., a leading healthcare performance improvement company, has released its latest Pharmacy Market Outlook, projecting a 3.8% growth in drug price inflation.
– The increase is the highest since July…
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Amazon Pharmacy and hybrid primary care provider One Medical have launched a pilot program to expand Amazon’s hybrid primary care offerings by giving One Medical providers the ability to request medication consultations for patients…
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The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and CVS Accountable Care, part of CVS Health® (NYSE: CVS), today announced the creation of an accountable care organization (ACO) to improve the quality of care…
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By Sara Heath
January 24, 2024 – Black Medicaid enrollees are more likely to experience a preventable hospitalization than their White counterparts, according to a new report, a trend that researchers at the Urban Institute said…
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Spurred by the pandemic, the movement to decentralize healthcare has taken off in the past few years. Patients now have an array of digital tools to help them manage their chronic conditions at home,…
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