The program outperforms the fee-for-service version when it comes to higher rates of preventive screenings, fewer avoidable hospitalizations and fewer emergency room visits.
Category: Health Insurance
‘Like A Ghost Town’: Erratic Nursing Home Staffing Revealed Through New Records
Daily nursing home payroll records just released by the federal government show the number of nurses and aides dips far below average on some days and consistently plummets on weekends.
CMS proposes rule to pay for telehealth, lower Part B add-on, allow MA risk to replace MIPS
CMS is also removing 34 process measures from MIPS as these measures are topped out, meaning physicians are already performing highly in these areas.
Bright Health’s integrated payer provider model sees triple growth
The insurer is expanding its narrow network into new markets by 2019, CEO Bob Sheey says.
Healthcare venture capital set to break $15 billion in 2018
The sector just finished the highest first half of any year since 1995.
HHS reunites 57 of 103 migrant children in its custody
Twelve parents declined to take their children – ages 5 and under – with them when they were deported, officials say.
Massachusetts attorney general raises concerns over Beth Israel Deaconess, Lahey mega-merger
AG Maura Healey wrote a letter to the state Health Policy Commission citing price, care access, competition concerns.
Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ ACA Under Fire. Again.
In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Julie Appleby of Kaiser Health News discuss the health politics of the latest Supreme Court pick, as well as the Trump administration’s efforts to further undermine the Affordable Care Act. Plus, for extra credit, the panelists recommend their favorite health stories of the week.
Doctors say pharmaceutical firms are top cause of high medical costs
A full 87 percent of those surveyed listed pharmaceutical and biotech companies as having the biggest impact on the cost of healthcare.
What to expect in the next generation of healthcare finance technologies
AI, Blockchain and visualization are coming to help hospitals make the move to value-based care.
