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Amazon is buying online pharmacy business PillPack
Customers pay a monthly service fee, which is often covered by insurance companies and Medicare Part D plans.
Mayo Clinic, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota announce five-year agreement
The agreement is structured to offer comprehensive clinical strategies that support the health of the population in southern Minnesota.
Healthcare organizations see greater optimism about value-based care, says KPMG poll
Healthcare organizations see greater optimism about value-based care, says KPMG poll.
Highmark saves $260 million in avoidable healthcare costs through PCP value-based program
The insurer rewards physicians in care coordination reimbursements.
GE to spin off its healthcare unit
Other GE businesses to downsize, reduce expenses and debt.
CMS approves first proposal for states to enter value-based Medicaid arrangements with drug-makers
Hospital bad debt rises in tandem with growing share of patient financial responsibility
The trend even includes Medicare bad debt, which results when hospitals exhaust efforts to collect from beneficiaries and must be paid back.
Disparities in opioid abuse treatment increased among Medicaid recipients, shows research
The findings suggest that work is needed to address racial and ethnic disparities that developed as medication-assisted treatment has expanded.
More than half of healthcare organizations are ready for value-based financial changes, survey shows
When it comes to preparation of a value-based infrastructure, the picture is slightly less positive, with 50 percent of respondents reporting it is very weak or somewhat weak.
Majority of practices use patient wait lists, but plenty don’t and that could jeopardize patient safety, MGMA says
Major wait times are becoming the norm across the U.S., especially in primary care but also for specialists, MGMA expert says.
