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UnitedHealthcare introduces new bundled payment program for maternity care
Drug companies are being required to post list prices in TV ads
If pharmaceutical manufacturers are ashamed of their drug prices, then change the price, HHS Secretary Alex Azar says.
Reimbursement, regulation, resistance to change remain provider barriers to precision medicine
Precision medicine is a disruptive technology that is moving from revolution to evolution into mainstream adoption.
Affordable Care Act premium rates projected to increase by 10 percent
An estimated 2 percent of the increase will be due to the return on the health insurance tax.
International reference payment model could save Medicare Part D over $70 billion
Prices for the drugs, which range from diabetes medications to antivirals to immunosuppressants, were 3.2 to 4.1 times higher in the U.S.
Aetna is latest insurer to partner with Aledade on ACO-focused care
Congressional Budget Office looks at impact of Medicare for All
Two primary concerns of a single-payer system are the methods it would use to pay providers and set their payment rates, both of which would affect hospital and physician revenues.
Office of Civil Rights final rule steps up enforcement of conscience and religious rights
This includes the protection of medical conscious of practitioners, says OCR Director Roger Severino.
Health systems need to collect patient balances
Hackensack Meridian Health no longer writes off long-term payments as bad debt, now that the patient has become a primary payer.
Providers and precision medicine: Are you ready?
The promise of personalizing care is enormous but it will also require hefty investments to turn it into a reality.
