Category: ACO

Over the past 2 weeks WHO delivered 2 shipments with more than 125 tons of medical equipment and medicines to health providers in Aleppo, Syrian Arab Republic – in both government-controlled and in opposition-controlled areas. All shipments contained surgical materials, medicines to treat chronic and infectious diseases, infant incubators, ventilators and intensive care unit beds.…

Infogix, Inc., a developer of software that helps businesses automate the monitoring and analysis of operational data, today announced that Healthfirst, a not-for-profit managed care organization offering health insurance to individuals and families living in the New York metropolitan area, has invested in the Infogix Cost Sharing Reduction Solution to accurately forecast important financial formulas…

Much the same way individuals are encouraged to know their blood pressure and cholesterol numbers to maintain a healthy lifestyle, a new editorial in the Journal of Psychopharmacology urges the European public to know and monitor their alcohol intake number using a simple 10 point plan. …read more

On one hand, insurance enrollment figures may be short of the numerical goals that were set earlier in the process, but some people still are predicting that health providers will ramp up hiring in response to knew demand created by the overhaul. …read more

The Office for National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC)’s current acting chief, Jacob Reider, M.D., wrote in a blog post that the ONC is focused on improving usability for electronic health record (EHR) systems. The Office for National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC)’s current acting chief, Jacob Reider, M.D., wrote in a blog post that…

Many of the health IT usability challenges “tolerated” by early adopter providers more than 10 years ago remain unresolved, according to Acting National Coordinator for Health IT Jacob Reider. To that end, Reider says that one of ONC’s top priorities going forward will continue to be the optimal design and use of such tools, in…

While weight loss surgery offers one of the best opportunities to improve health and reduce obesity related illnesses, the nearly 100,000 Americans who undergo bariatric surgery each year represent only a small fraction of people who are medically eligible for the procedure. Among those who have surgery, Caucasian Americans are twice as likely as African…

Today, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued findings that show slower growth in health spending since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. This successful cost control is consistent with data demonstrating that savings from generic medicines are at an all-time high, reaching $217 billion in 2012 and $1.2 trillion over the most…

New research indicates that accountable care organizations (ACOs) have not yet fully developed the capabilities to leverage optimal medication use to achieve their stated goals of improving patient care while reducing overall costs. New research indicates that accountable care organizations (ACOs) have not yet fully developed the capabilities to leverage optimal medication use to achieve…

Some insurers are pushing for a nationwide, as opposed to state-by-state, approach to policy fixes to the Affordable Care Act. Many also report that enrollment data errors remain a problem, despite assurances by the Obama administration. …read more