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Jun 30 |

Bright Health Plan to expand into new markets in 2021

It will expand access to its Medicare Advantage, individual and family-plan products, and to add fully-insured small business plans.

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Jun 30 | Jeff Lagasse

Parkview Medical Center is leveraging community partnerships to tackle SDOH

By using a personal, community-based approach, Parkview was able to realize savings by cutting unnecessary ED…

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Jun 29 |

Hospitals to get direct shipments of COVID-19 antiviral drug remdesivir through HHS secured supply

The over 500,000 treatment courses will be made available for hospitals based on…

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Jun 25 |

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation gives $1M to support telehealth

The Community Care Cooperative is raising $5 million to provide telehealth capabilities to local health centers.

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Jun 24 |

Cigna and Oscar launching health plan to appeal to small businesses struggling through COVID-19

Over half of small business decision-makers said they may change their insurance plans going…

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Jun 24 | Jeff Lagasse

Value-based program in L.A. County uses data to improve outcomes and cost savings

LAPTN has helped its clinicians produce tens of millions of dollars in cost savings and meet numerous…

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Jun 22 |

Health Partners adds Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania to network

Effective July 1, the provider agreement makes all Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania facilities and physicians…

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Jun 22 | Jeff Lagasse

United States of Care issues roadmap for states to safely reopen economies

Communicating information and building health system capacity are among the cornerstones of safe economic…

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Jun 19 |

Health leaders need to address disparities in communities of color

Partnerships with communities can help minimize care gaps, says Dr. Garth Graham of CVS.

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Jun 18 | Jeff Lagasse

HHS awards $107.2 million to grow and train the healthcare workforce

The intent is to provide financial and professional support to physicians, faculty, dentists, nurses and students as they…

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Debunk the Myth: Outsourcing Doesn't Mean Losing Control With shifts in payer mixes and reimbursement structure, the margin of reimbursement has been shrinking steadily over the last five years. How do revenue cycle leaders navigate payment reform while maintaining stable business office operations?

Beyond Dollars and Cents: A Closer Look At Value Beyond the expected improvement in specific metrics, many organizations that outsource RCM with a trusted and certified partner are seeing several ancillary benefits of such agreements.

Care Collaboration Success for Improved Outcomes The nature of our healthcare ecosystem has been one of siloed care. Rarely do payers, providers and local resources come together with the patient's well-being prioritized as a unifying mission. Read how these organizations are getting it right.

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Once-failing hospitals say accountability, transparency key to surviving fallout from failing patient safety grades When Leapfrog released their Spring 2016 patient safety grades recently, 15 hospitals got slapped with a very public 'F' grade casting a spotlight on them that no institution wants. ...

Analyze this: Health systems, health plans get to the core of big data Pamela Peele knows that people who subscribe to cooking magazines have a much higher risk of going to the emergency room. But how she knows that is a whole other story.

Healthcare mergers and acquisitions in 2016: Running list While 2015 was a record-breaking year in healthcare mergers and acquisitions, 2016 saw more change as organizations across the industry adjust and adapt to the evolving financial landscape.

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Clinical Quality Measures 101 Although quality-reporting programs such as meaningful use provide incentives to help providers implement and use electronic health records (EHRs) to collect and report on clinical data, practices often need help deciding what data to collect, which measures to report ...

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