The $1 trillion Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2015 carries a fistful of regulatory and funding changes for portions of the Affordable Care Act.
Incentivizing members to exercise, simple as it might sound, can have a large return on collective health.
With many health information exchanges showing mixed success, the impetus to start digital patient data sharing is increasingly falling on payers. Some of Colorado's largest insurers are heeding the call.
Enrollment is a lot easier than last year but much work remains, notably education and outreach. And most people have to shop around or risk a rate increase.
Members can walk into the retail store and use the telehealth station for non-emergent care to treat common health issues.
A statewide, payer-led HIE that's set to become the nation's largest service for patient data sharing is working to turn a vision into reality.
With premiums increasing modestly in aggregate, they're dropping in some states and major cities, thereby creating a lot for consumers to wade through when figuring out what best meets their needs.
The evidence is there and growing: mobile stroke units save money and quality of life. Should Medicare consider incentives to spur adoption?
Two very different healthcare organizations in the Lone Star State -- one a small rural facility, the other a joint venture between for-profits and nonprofits -- have won the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, given by the White House for innovation excellence.
Blues are moving into VC waters with relationships to Silicon Valley firms and investments in health information technology startups.
