Population Health

Forming even informal arrangements with Area Agencies on Aging can help a hospital's bottom line by keeping 30-day readmission rates down and reduce avoidable nursing home usage as part of population health management programs.

Wide variations in hospital performances can have a major financial impact on patients, health systems and surrounding communities, according to researchers at the health system.

Opioids and heroin play a big role, but so do variations in primary care and mental health services.

The OneCare Vermont accountable care organization is taking on capitated risk, with its provider physicians receiving a per member, per month fee.

While American providers need it for value-based care, hospitals abroad want the tools for their own quality initiatives, but the high cost may hinder developing countries.

A lot of the money spent in the six months after a heart attack don't seem to be making much of a difference.

In a pilot program at the San Francisco Health Network affiliates, coordinating care with basic email lowered readmission rates by 58 percent.

CVS survey finds three out of five respondents say decisions made in healthcare put the bottom line ahead of patients.

Nearly 9 million children are insured through CHIP, which covers mostly working-class families. The program has bipartisan support in both the House and Senate, but Congress let federal funding for CHIP expire in September.

Despite growth of these plans, price shopping, cost discussions with doctors are rarely happening, researchers find.