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Not-for-profit insurers are dominating the MA star ratings because they are able to focus more directly on their communities rather than on their shareholders, says the CEO of one highly rated NFP. >>>
Carriers didn’t anticipate the volume of claims they saw after the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. >>>
The healthcare reform law is a source of confusion around insuring diverse populations of hospital employees, making compliance complicated—unless you understand three things. >>>
Meeting the new federal meaningful use standards will require much heavy lifting. And health IT leaders should already be preparing for what comes next. >>>
New Jersey’s Blue Cross Blue Shield affiliate is taking a cooperative approach to episodes-of-care contracting with orthopedic surgeons and other medical service lines, generating care benefits for patients and sustainable financing for healthcare providers. >>>
The GAO finds that incentives and penalties amounted to less than 0.5% of applicable Medicare payments at the approximately 3,000 eligible hospitals. The percentages having been rising, however, since the program began. >>>
Leaders at Memorial Hermann have developed an accountable care organization that combines care coordination and physician alignment to drive savings. >>>
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