The challenges and rewards of O&P: An interview with Jim Weber
How a dynamic health care landscape and technological advancements are reshaping O&P practice
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How a dynamic health care landscape and technological advancements are reshaping O&P practice
Wasteful and abusive behavior isn't always intentional, and payers who recognize this can help stem the losses.
Health plans that build identity verification into a systematic fraud prevention approach can stop enrollment fraud before it has an impact.
Data tools, high-performing networks and a new way of thinking about episodes of care are good for patients and payers.
Lasting change relies on effective motivation but can't happen without adequate time, systems and a plan for inevitable relapse, Dr. Kyra Bobinet says
Everyone has a health care story; Burt Rosen created a way for people to tell those stories.
The rising incidence of diabetes is placing new importance on patient education.
Health care consumers expect simplicity and personalization. Here's how payers and providers can deliver.
Hospitals with multiple distinct image archiving systems need a way to link those systems for safer, more efficient care.
Interoperability and data challenges mean clinicians may lack critical information when treating patients.
In the age of value-based care, pharmacy benefits embrace new thinking to balance sustainable costs with patient outcomes.
The Internet of Things holds great promise for helping medical technology companies transform health care.
The most effective payer programs for fighting FWA are tailored to each organization and integrate end-to-end capabilities.
The rising cost of veterinary school, high interest rates and low starting salaries mean new veterinarians are burdened by debt for years.
“How do we engage the public? How do we encourage people to enroll?” Those questions, posed by Avalere Health senior adviser John Kaelin, resonated throughout the events of AHIP’s Institute 2013 on Wednesday, particularly the Exchange Conference, which as
It’s a big year for health care. With major provisions of the Affordable Care Act set to be enacted in 2014, change is all around, perhaps nowhere more than inside health insurance and pharmacy benefit organizations.
Young adults are a demographic of particular interest to insurers and policymakers amid the expansion of insurance coverage poised to occur under the Affordable Care Act.
In a session at AHIP’s Exchange Conference at Institute 2013 filled with as many questions as answers, Phil Boyle of Connecticut’s public exchange Access Health CT said stakeholders are in for an interesting year as major provisions of the Affordable Care
Although no one is certain what the health care landscape will look like 10 years from now, it is clear that stakeholders across the industry see a system on the cusp of vast transformation.
If you’ve ever seen a cross-section of an iceberg, you know a little bit about the problem obesity poses to the health care system, according to Weight Watchers CEO David Kirchhoff.
Innovation is badly needed to redesign our nation’s health care system, according to speakers on a panel at AHIP’s Institute 2013, and they argue it’s already happening.
It’s not every day that you get a peek at the heart of one of America’s most well-known physicians.
Veterinarian Lance S. Fox knew a good bit about climbing mountains even before he started his trek to Mount Everest, thanks to his time in veterinary school.
As health insurers – and pretty much all other stakeholders in the rapidly evolving world of health care – work to build a more sustainable system, they are adapting lessons learned across a variety of industries.
Imagine a future where sensors embedded in the fabric of your clothing, a device in your pocket and a super-smart remote computer is all you need to keep on top of your health.
Today’s health insurance customer is many things, according to marketing pro Lindsay Resnick of KBM Group, but it’s possible to draw a few useful generalizations.
As stakeholders in health care work to build a system designed to prevent rather than treat disease, wellness programs and tools continue to be a major focus in the benefits industry.
Average is not an option, author and founding editor of Fast Company Bill Taylor told health insurers gathered at the America’s Health Insurance Plans Ops/Tech Forum in Phoenix last month.
What’s the most exciting innovation in health care today?
As the health insurance industry works at lightning speed to adapt to regulatory changes being enacted under the Affordable Care Act, health plan IT staffs are working at a similar pace to ensure they have the technical capability to comply and thrive ami
Patients should be at the center of the health care universe, America’s Health Insurance Plans President and CEO Karen Ignagni told stakeholders gathered at AHIP’s Ops/Tech Forum last month in Phoenix.
Health insurance industry executives gathered ahead of Institute 2015, the annual meeting of America’s Health Insurance Plans, to talk through and develop solutions to some of the biggest challenges in health care today at the AHIP and Nashville Health Ca
Is it possible for a single innovation to address many of the cost, quality and data gaps in our fragmented medical system, providing real-time, evidence-based answers at the point of care based on everything that is known about a patient?
Health information technology is frequently invoked as the key to solving America’s biggest health care challenges, but as many in the field acknowledge, the gap between vision and reality is often wide.
One of the main goals of efforts to improve the quality of health care in the U.S. is to reduce variation in care, where some patients are treated optimally while others miss out on the best of medicine.
When you consider the technological advances in medical science and treatment, it’s surprising how long it’s taken the industry to begin the transition from paper charts to electronic record keeping.
The challenges facing the health care industry threaten to spiral out of control.
Say you’re leading a large, well-known, long-established company. And suddenly you are faced with a new market, a completely changed way of doing business, selling your product to people in an entirely different way.