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Value-based health plans can cut costs, but not without some challenges for payers, such as getting employers to exercise "network discipline" and helping consumers fully understand their payment structure. >>>
Two of the country’s largest hospital associations are applauding recent changes to the two-midnight rule, but they say the Medicare payment regulation for short hospital stays remains a work in progress. >>>
A raft of new tools that rely on massive amounts of data are helping employers and their employees demystify the healthcare value equation. Even small employers and their employees are benefiting. >>>
Don’t think of it as "talking a little differently or changing the layout of a space." Precision delivery is not that. "It’s about radically approaching the entire treatment pathway differently," says a healthcare innovation leader. >>>
Leaders must address organizational deficiencies before 2% of Medicare payments will be at risk in 2017. >>>
The primary concern had been that providers would have multiple claims bounced back from insurers due to errors or unspecified codes. And while that’s happened to some degree, it hasn’t created widespread problems. >>>
“What has emerged, more and more, are atypical relationships that aren’t focused on ownership; they’re focused on leveraging the strength of our partners,” says one senior executive. >>>
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