Walmart said Ochsner Health System will be the 12th healthcare provider in its Center of Excellence program for joint replacement surgeries for its workers.
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Walgreens CEO: Microsoft Will Help Create ‘Ecosystem’ To Simplify Healthcare
Walgreens CEO Stefano Pessina says the partnership with Microsoft will help create an “ecosystem” that connects its drugstores to patients and their medical care providers in communities.
Walmart’s Health Plan Is Way Ahead Of Amazon’s Buffett-JPMorgan Project
Amazon’s brick-and-mortar rival Walmart is expanding a specialized health benefit program for workers and launching accountable care plans across the U.S.
How Walmart Beats Amazon In The Big Easy
Walmart and Ochsner Health Network in New Orleans are offering a new “accountable care plan” to employees that could be a national model to reducing costs and improving quality of care to the retailer’s U.S. employees.
Why Doctor Malpractice Premiums Stopped Rising
Physician medical malpractice insurance premiums continue to be flat after more than a decade with little to no rate increases, new reports show.
Health Costs Hit $15K Per Worker As Employers Look To Amazon For Help
Employer health costs are nearing $15,000 per worker as corporate America looks to disruptors from outside the health industry like Amazon for help, a new National Business Group on Health employer survey shows.
Big Business Coalitions To Form National Value-Based Payment Network
The National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions and Remedy Partners are teaming up to accelerate employer adoption of bundled payments, a form of value-based care.
How A Reduction In Hospital Deaths Helped Amazon And Buffett Pick Atul Gawande
Amazon, Warren Buffett and JPMorgan Chase have picked noted surgeon and writer Dr. Atul Gawande to run their healthcare venture.
