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Cigna is partnering with SocialWellth, a Las Vegas-based digital health company, to offer a platform to connect with members and deliver appropriate health and wellness digital content to them.
The recession and the mandates outlined in the Affordable Care Act are changing the way hospitals do business, with a greater emphasis on clinical outcomes, cost efficiency, and quality of care and less emphasis on patient volume.
Insurance cooperatives and provider-owned health plans are vying heavily for small business customers in federally-run insurance exchanges, appearing alongside (or in the absence of) Blues and national firms.
When it comes to aging with dignity and independence, the enduring dilemma of how people and society should pay for needed long-term care services often grabs the spotlight. But while cost remains a top-tier issue in delivering long-term care, quality from the person’s perspective matters regardless of who pays for the care.
Once individuals learn about the health insurance exchanges, a majority lean toward using them. The challenge is that so many consumers still are unaware of them.
The Massachusetts Nurses Association is attempting to get a referendum to voters that would create staffing ratios in the state's hospitals. The experience of California hospitals provides insight into the real-world impact of such laws.
S&P Dow Jones Indices has launched a new indicator that measures claims data from 33 health insurance companies and other organizations to calculate the growth in commercial healthcare costs.
S&P Dow Jones Indices has launched a new indicator that measures claims data from 33 leading health insurance companies and other organizations to calculate the growth in commercial healthcare costs.
Keeping a medical practice going these days has become a complex and pricey endeavor. Near the top of the list of increasing costs: information technology.
The Medical Group Management Association 2013 annual conference will offer a granular focus on the policy and technology issues that matter to physician practices, said Robert Tennant, MGMA's senior policy advisor.