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HealthPartners’ vice president and associate medical director shares how the integrated organization is looking beyond traditional approaches to curb diabetes.

In the shift to value care, value-based purchasing guidelines reward positive quality metrics with bonuses and levy fines and assessments on institutions that are unable to demonstrate quality of care. Often however, it’s not the care itself that’s at fault, but the reporting. Here’s an approach to capturing those crucial metrics.

Successful health systems share their tips.

Diabetes drug spending is on the rise, but there are ways to control it.

Experts weigh in on the spending outlook for these high-cost conditions.

Gene therapy is leaving its mark, while payers contemplate payment models, value, and efficacy issues.

Capturing the power of big data is key to patient care strategies that reduce costs, improve outcomes and enhance patient experience.

Here’s how new technologies and technology partnerships could change the landscape of diabetes care.

A new study shows that ACA tobacco rating rules aren't enforced in employer plans.

A new study has surprising findings about how seniors feel about healthcare and technology.

A new Oliver Wyman study reveals costly findings about Part D beneficiaries enrolled in plans without preferred pharmacy networks.

A new study from Sage Growth Partners has shocking findings about EHRs and value-based care.

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A UCLA study shows that the Great Recession intensified patients’ cardiovascular risk factors.

FDA okayed the marketing of a new continuous glucose monitoring system for diabetics-the first to be used as part of an integrated system with other compatible medical devices and electronic interfaces.

There are a host of causes for a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to be hospitalized, ranging from pneumonia to infection.

PBMs are in a unique position to leverage three critical tools to protect patients from unnecessary healthcare costs.

Experts weigh in on a recent lawsuit against PBMs, whether similar lawsuits will crop up, and the likely outcomes.

A new Symantec survey has surprising findings about risk assessment as a driver in cybersecurity investments.

FDA’s approval of a new combination treatment for patients with classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) is the first new advanced treatment for the disease in 40 years

Due to problems with compounded medications- including the 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak that led to 64 deaths-FDA is releasing a draft guidance that will determine which bulk drug substances outsourcing facilities can use to compound drugs.

A revealing study shows what happens when urban Medicaid patients are offered complimentary rideshares to their primary care appointment.

The American Medical Association (AMA) is working to prevent new cases of type 2 diabetes-a leading cause of death and disability in the U.S. However, we know that we cannot do it alone.

A new study has eye-opening findings about home hospital care cost and patient experience.

Healthcare consumers want their digital customer experience to be similar to retail, according to revealing research findings from NTT DATA Services presented at HIMSS.

Eye-opening analysis from TransUnion Healthcare reveals patients continue to see rising costs.

Here are 10 important issues to consider when handling workplace harassment complaints.

President Donald Trump was expected to announce a new plan to combat the opioid crisis, even as a recent study found that prescription opioids were not as effective as over-the-counter medications for pain management.