Optimizing risk adjustment would improve health equity, says the American College of Physicians (ACP) in a new policy paper published today. "Modernizing Risk Adjustment in Health Care: A Path to ...
The U.S. health care reimbursement system was built for a different era — one that prioritized high-stakes “cure” interventions over the nuanced “care” interventions better suited to the ongoing needs ...
There are 3 ways to make the US health care system more efficient and sustainable: address its burdensome complexity, emphasize primary care reimbursement, and regulate drug pricing. Moving to a ...
While health plans often employ reimbursement rates as a tool to incentivize provider participation within their networks, study results showed reimbursement rates for office visits with ...
In 2020, Mexico started a major health system reform. Our study provides evidence of a significant decrease in the costs without decreasing the quality of care after a change in the reimbursement ...
The phrase “quality over quantity” is a cliche, but proponents of value-based care — including University Hospitals CEO Dr. Cliff Megerian — believe applying that philosophy to health care ...
May 09, 2024 - Federal agencies are turning up the volume on their warnings to private equity (PE) investors to stop putting profit motives before patient health. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), ...
When the Trump administration suddenly froze federal funding to more than 100 Planned Parenthood clinics this spring, the organization’s Michigan branch was already deep into hard discussions about ...