Health Management

At the recent Midas+ Annual Symposium, C-level healthcare executives were asked about their perspective on population health management. Here's what they said.

A leading pharmaceutical company is partnering with payers to help lower COPD complications.

Coverage decisions about new technologies, including access and cost considerations, are a major challenge for public and private payers.

How does your health system compare to others when it comes to new initiatives? Recent survey findings from HFMA might provide some answers.

How do we reverse the trend of super users and reduce costs for this small, unique pool of members? Here are some tips.

Patients to assist insurer, association in creating program to ensure its relevancy and practicality for those with diabetes.

A large chunk of what insurers spend can be saved by improving medication adherence through medication therapy management done right.

Here are three ways to help your organization improve the patient experience through better communication between healthcare staff and patients.

If most patients are not going to exceed their deductible in a given year, they are now “consumers” and are looking for differentiators that offer fixed fee care.

Here are six steps experts say are necessary for success as an accountable care organization (ACO).

The real value of population health management lies not in the data it generates but in the interventions it drives, according to Jay Rajda, MD., medical director of Aetna's Innovation Lab.

FDA’s approval of the first generic version of Copaxone for treating patients with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis has industry insiders contemplating the impact on the generics market as well as payer coverage strategies.

Payers and providers must consider the key differences between two consolidation models: "horizontal consolidations" and "vertical consolidations." Here's why.

Managed healthcare executives can set the table for future economic expansion of interoperability capabilities by following a few simple, straightforward tips.

More than 750 government and private ACOs are now in place, helping healthcare transition away from fee-for-service. Find out what's working and what's planned for the future.

As the number of people with diabetes in the U.S. continues to climb, plans and integrated health systems are employing personalized strategies to help manage the disease.

A new survey indicates consumers' biggest concerns about health insurance marketplace plans, and the top factors they consider when selecting a plan.

If we can accurately understand each patient’s risk for disease, we can create more nuanced preventive care plans and better invest our resources.

By working with service providers that are employing robotics and advanced analytics, organizations can leverage automation and innovation to address key challenges.

In this blog, the vice president of medical affairs for Quest Diagnostics discusses how Medicaid expansion has impacted diabetes diagnoses.

Streamlining equipment maintenance and repair processes presents an enormous opportunity for healthcare facilities to reduce expenses associated with outside technicians.

Several changes, from new payment models to the "Cadillac Tax," are impacting the health insurance market.

A new health rankings report indicates in which states health plans and health executives encounter the most challenges when caring for seniors.

Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes, high blood pressure or high cholesterol may achieve better health outcomes when using pharmacies that are part of performance-based networks, according to early results of a pay-for-performance program conducted by SCAN Health Plan and Express Scripts.

Only 5% of Medicaid-enrolled Americans account for 50% of total Medicaid spending, and the top 1% account for almost 25% of spending, according to a new study from the Government Accountability Office.