Study: Only 37% of physician care quality measures are valid
(By Megan Knowles for Becker’s Hospital Review) Although U.S. physicians are evaluated on over 2,500 performance measures, less than 40
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Health Care Redesign
BCBS parent company posts $1.3B profit in 2017: 4 things to know
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Chicago-based Health Care Service Corp., the umbrella company of five Blue Cross and
Read MoreAetna reorganizes business lines ahead of possible CVS Health tie-up
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Aetna will realign its business segments as it gears up for a pending $69 billion
Read MoreCan Triage Nurses Help Prevent 911 Overload?
(By Selena Simmons-Duffin for NPR) Most people are familiar with some form of triage: When you go to an emergency
Read MoreHumana has expanded a bundled payment model
Humana announced it has expanded a bundled payment model into seven additional states that will cover hip and knee replacements
Read MoreUnitedHealth’s Optum throws support behind at-home lab test startup in $12M funding round
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Optum Ventures, an independent venture capitalist fund of UnitedHealth Group’s Optum, led a $12 million
Read MoreMedicare’s new rule allows flexibility to prescribers, providers ad suppliers
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released the Contract Year 2019 Final Rules for Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part
Read MoreWith 8k more physicians than Kaiser, Optum is ‘scaring the crap out of hospitals’
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Since its acquisition of 250 Las Vegas-area physicians in 2008, UnitedHealth Group has
Read MoreCalifornia Aims To Tackle Health Care Prices In Novel Rate-Setting Proposal
(By Chad Terhune for California Healthline produced by Kaiser Health News) Backed by labor and consumer groups, a California lawmaker
Read MoreMedicare Advantage plans to integrate ride-sharing services
Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said it was “reinterpreting the standards for health-related supplemental benefits
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