Large employers increasingly leaning on value-based contracts18 Aug 2017
Instead of looking to reduce demand by shifting costs to employees, large employers are increasingly hoping to constrain health insurance... Continue Reading
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Why doctors hate electronic records — and what could change that01 Aug 2017
The health care industrial complex has spent billions of dollars and untold amounts of time trying to make medical records... Continue Reading
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Largest Obamacare insurer sees strong profits in ACA market despite ‘headline noise’ of repeal01 Aug 2017
Centene CEO Michael Neidorff said he remains bullish on the Obamacare exchange business, and he’s confident congressional leaders won’t pull... Continue Reading
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Doctors view technology as largely problematic01 Aug 2017
When an endurance runner with a history of heart failure felt under the weather, he brought his activity tracker data... Continue Reading
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Large nonprofits outperforming smaller organizations on EHR adoption01 Aug 2017
More nonprofit senior living and care providers with multiple properties are adopting electronic health records than smaller nonprofit organizations, according... Continue Reading
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How An Inspirational Insurance Company Is Empowering Underserved Populations in Chicago01 Aug 2017
As a Millennial, I have been keeping a close eye on the evolution of America’s healthcare system, and what its... Continue Reading
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The CONNECT for Health Act may ease telehealth restrictions — here’s how01 Aug 2017
Telehealth has the potential to help rural patients remotely access specialized healthcare that’s often only available to those in large... Continue Reading
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Home Health Stocks Tank in Wake of Potential $950 Million Payment Cut01 Aug 2017
Home health care providers are on edge after the CMS issued a proposal Tuesday to overhaul the Medicare payment system,... Continue Reading
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Amazon has a secret health tech team called 1492 working on medical records, virtual doc visits01 Aug 2017
Amazon has a secret skunkworks lab called 1492, dedicated to health care tech. Areas of exploration include a platform for... Continue Reading
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Digital Therapeutics: The Future of Health Care Will Be App-Based01 Aug 2017
Last month, healthcare startup Omada Health secured a $50 million C round led by major insurer Cigna, which brings the... Continue Reading
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What are healthcare organizations’ biggest challenges this year?19 Jul 2017
As part of its research, EY surveyed 700 healthcare professionals — including CMOs and CFOs — from U.S. healthcare providers... Continue Reading
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How Apps Can Help Manage Chronic Diseases19 Jul 2017
Technology is offering a new fix for one of the most confounding health-care challenges: getting patients with chronic disease to... Continue Reading
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