Despite the robust quarter, none of the transactions were considered "mega-deals," valued at $5 billion or more.
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Massachusetts global payment experiment yields encouraging results on medical spending, quality
One of the largest private insurance plans to use population-based global budgets achieved success in slowing spending growth.
Patient satisfaction survey needs to be overhauled, hospital groups say
Patient response rates have been declining over the years; the response rate was 33% in 2008 but just 26% in 2017.
Insurance linked to hospitals’ decision to transfer kids with mental health emergencies
Children without insurance were 3.3 times more likely to be transferred than those covered under private insurance.
Health systems allocate just 5-10% of total spending on primary care, despite benefits
Increased primary care spend associated with lower emergency room and hospital costs.
Optimizing the total performance of a healthcare supply chain means data and clinical integration
To leap from price optimization to total performance optimization, it’s paramount to establish a clinically integrated supply chain.
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Landmark Health collaborate to bring in-home medical care to complex patients
The providers are supported by a local multidisciplinary team including behavioral health clinicians, nurses, social workers and dietitians.
Diverting avoidable emergency department visits could save healthcare $32 billion annually
Primary care services rendered by hospital EDs come with substantially higher price tags than in primary care settings, data showed.
Use of non-hospital-based provider-to-patient telehealth grew nearly 1,400%
In 2018, non-hospital-based provider-to-patient telehealth accounted for 84 percent of all telehealth claim lines.
Critical heart drug too pricey for some Medicare patients
Even with insurance, the cost to Medicare patients may be more than $1,600 a year, which may prohibit some from even taking the drug at all.
