Jeff Lagasse
Clinics like those at CVS and Walmart move toward more population health and chronic disease management services.
Analysts at WalletHub measured the impact of geography on the healthcare industry, looking at costs, access and outcomes.
FAIR Health, a nonprofit cost transparency and health research company, has launched a free mobile app it says can help improve health insurance literacy, promote transparency in medical and dental costs, and increase healthcare engagement among Connecticut residents.
Coding quality is more important than ever, but other analytics tools are helping hospitals bridge the gap.
Researchers have found that hospitals with the highest rates of readmission were actually more likely to show better mortality scores in patients treated for heart failure, COPD and stroke.
In fact, researchers said shorter stays often came with higher price tags.
Systems to focus on knowledge sharing on population health, introduction of Medicare Advantage to Lehigh Valley.
Analysis suggests hospitals with ratings of 2, 3 or 4 were more than three times as likely to land in top 10 percent in the country.
American Hospital Association is urging HHS to take measures to stabilize the Affordable Care Act's marketplaces, saying some insurers' decisions to exit put consumers' access at risk.
Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare and Stratus Healthcare, an affiliation of 21 Georgia hospitals, have struck a new partnership to develop a clinically integrated network and strengthen access to specialty care.