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- By Tory Wolff
Summary
Highmark and the West Penn Allegheny Health System (WPAHS) are not aligned on their vertical strategy to counter UPMC in the Pittsburgh market
WPAHS can only absorb a portion of Highmar…
- By Tory Wolff
Summary
Two major hospital systems have agreed to a joint venture to explore growth opportunities on a “case by case” basis
One system is a major non-profit, the other a PE-backed for profit serial a…
- By Miriam Alandydy
Readmissions News Aug 2012
- By Jay Chyung
We live in a society with too much data. In the field of market research, the deluge of data is cited as one of the top challenges leaders face as they search for actionable insights hidden in the dat…
- By Nikhil Bhojwani
Today’s piece in Kaiser Health News that hospitals' readmissions rates are flat appears to suggest various ongoing efforts to cut readmissions are failing and failing badly.
According to the Medicare …
- By James Matheson
Summary
HIV Special Needs Plans (SNPs) offer extra layers of services specialized for the HIV/AIDS patient and can generate attractive savings particularly in reduced in-patient costs
A new par…
- By James Matheson
Summary
The case for an oncology ACO can be compelling but CMS rules for ACOs within fee-for-service (FFS) make value difficult to demonstrate
A new physician-hospital-payer partnership in Florida …
- By James Matheson
Last month, NY and PA announced plans for how they will integrate data sharing across local HIEs.
The state planning efforts share some key parameters:
Roughly equal funding with about $20 million i…