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Comparative Effectiveness through the Policy Lens

 Glenna Crooks July 02, 2009
I don’t think we in health policy really understand how complex our systems are and what manner of challenges – some of which we created – present themselves in clinical care.
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Bad economy, good time for HFMA-ANI

 Richard Pizzi May 27, 2009
As healthcare finance professionals gather here for the Healthcare Financial Management Association’s 2009 ANI conference, they are faced with the worst economic environment in a generation, perhaps since the Great Depression.
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Adoption of consumer-driven health plans accelerated by recession, study says

Diana Manos April 14, 2009
HealthLeaders-InterStudy, a provider of managed care market intelligence, reports that more employers are opting for consumer-driven health plans as a way to reduce costs during the economic depression.
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CareOregon and Health Integrated Partner to Enhance Services for Oregonians with Chronic Illness

Industry News Release March 25, 2009
CareOregon, a non-profit health plan that provides Medicaid and Medicare managed care services for Oregonians, and Health Integrated, the leading Targeted Population Health Management company, are partnering to improve the health and quality of life for CareOregon's members with diabetes and depression.
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IncentOne Provides Incentive Solution to CIGNA

 Industry News Release January 26, 2009
IncentOne, the leading provider of integrated incentive solutions to the healthcare industry, announced today that CIGNA, a global health service company, has launched a new "points-based" health incentive program with IncentOne's Health Power(TM) incentive technology solution. CIGNA will offer employers ways to motivate their employees toward improved health and wellness by offering various incentives tied to a variety of programs, including the completion of a health assessment and biometric screenings, and participation in disease management programs that focus on depression, heart disease and diabetes, as well as lifestyle management programs such as tobacco cessation.
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Puget Sound Health Alliance gears up for second local provider report card

 Diana Manos August 25, 2008
Puget Sound Health Alliance are set to release a second local provider report card to the public in November. The report will show results of care for patients with diabetes, heart disease, depression...
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Minn. employers to fund P4P pilot on depression

 Patty Enrado July 02, 2008
BLOOMINGTON, MN – The Buyers Health Care Action Group (BHCAG) is leading a Bridges to Excellence pay-for-performance pilot in Minnesota that will measure, monitor and reward the successful treat...
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U.S. Preventive Medicine targets chronic conditions

 Healthcare Finance News Staff October 24, 2007
DALLAS – The timing couldn’t be better. One day after U.S. Preventive Medicine announced its acquisition of Specialty Disease Management Services, Inc., a national provider of chr...
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U.S. Preventive buy of Specialty Disease Management comes at ideal time

 Healthcare Finance News Staff October 03, 2007
The timing couldn't be better. One day after U.S. Preventive Medicine announced its acquisition of Specialty Disease Management Services, Inc., the Milken Institute released...
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CMS details P4P program

 Diana Manos, Senior Editor and Chip Means, Associate Editor May 03, 2007
WASHINGTON - Amid industry concerns, a new pay-for-performance program has been outlined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The voluntary 2007 Physician Quality Reporting Initiati...
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P4P: All talk, little action so far

 Diana Manos May 03, 2007
Today there is hardly a more hotly debated topic than pay-for-performance, or P4P. And yet, despite all the brouhaha, it’s still only a distant speck on the horizon. In line with t...
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CMS announces measures for doc P4P reporting amid industry concerns

 Diana Manos April 05, 2007
Information on how doctors will be measured for quality performance under the voluntary 2007 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) has been announced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid S...
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Study: Medical identity theft affects millions of Americans

 Healthcare Finance News Staff January 05, 2007
A Colorado man whose name, social security number and address were stolen was billed $44,000 by a hospital for a surgical procedure he never had. Two years later, he's still working to clear his name...
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