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WellPoint Inc., the second largest health insurer in the country, posted first quarter earnings Wednesday that significantly beat analysts estimates largely based on continued light usage of health services.
The healthcare industry has been notoriously slow at identifying methods and tools it needs to reduce costs and improve quality noted a report by healthcare investment firm the Psilos Group, but health reform is producing promising opportunities for investors to fuel needed innovations.
A recent survey indicates that federal IT officials think big data analytics will save money and spare patients' lives.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation estimates that healthcare fraud costs are approximately $80 billion annually. To prevent some of the billions from being siphoned from the healthcare system, many organizations are turning toward analytics.
U.S. employers are expected to increasingly shift toward self-funding their group health insurance plans as a result of the health reform law, according to a survey of health insurance executives released Monday by Munich Health North America, a subsidiary of Munich Re.
In the era of reform, healthcare providers will have to operate more like any other business by using the most efficient methods to deliver and pay for the most effective care, said a panel representing the banking industry and healthcare payers and providers during a business of healthcare session at the 2013 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition last week. Electronic transactions offer an attractive solution.
Across the country, hospitals and health systems are transitioning to accountable care organizations (ACOs). What does it take to do that?
The rapid pace of change for hospitals and healthcare systems has been accelerating over the last several years.
While Connecticut's 2014-2015 budget has yet to be finalized, hospitals and healthcare systems in the state are claiming that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's proposed cuts of more than $500 million in hospital funding over the next two years would be devastating.
With doctors across the country continually on pins and needles regarding their reimbursement rates, proponents of telemedicine and telehealth are telling doctors the technologies offer them a stable revenue stream and lifestyle options.