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October 22, 2014 | Democrat and Chronicle

Triple aim shouldn't miss the mark

Right care, right place, right time. Ask any health policy wonk what modern health care is supposed to be about, and the person will recite that mantra. The goal is to provide people with the appropriate level of care where it makes the...

October 22, 2014 | U.S. News & World Report

U.S. Ranks Last Among Wealthy Nations in Access to Health Care

The U.S. health care system ranks dead last compared to other industrialized nations when it comes to affordability and patient access, according to a new survey. The 2013 survey of the American health care landscape was conducted by the...

October 21, 2014 | America's Essential Hospitals

15 States Will Continue Medicaid Payment Parity

Higher Medicaid payment rates will continue in 15 states, according to survey data released by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The higher rates, known as the primary care bump, were established by Section 1202 of the Affordable Care Act,...

October 20, 2014 | Roll Call

It's Time for Congress to Make Integrated Care Central to the Nation's Patient Experience

The primary objective of our health care system is to ensure that quality health care is readily accessible for patients. However, as health care becomes increasingly entangled in a web of networks, insurers, and providers, the patient’s...

October 19, 2014 | Digital Journal

Data Collection, Telehealth, and Importance of Primary Care Physicians Get Attention at ACO Coalition Meeting

More than 50 attendees spent two days here learning how the power of data, better use of staff, and advances like telehealth can free up primary care physicians (PCPs) for their core mission: spending more time with patients whose complex...

October 17, 2014 | The Hill

The hidden value in primary care

Primary care is the key to lowering health care spending. That’s the conclusion of a new study released Sept. 30 by the UnitedHealth Center for Health Reform & Modernization. The challenge for policymakers, medical providers and other...

October 17, 2014 | News Medical

Special issue of Medical Care presents updates from Safety Net Medical Home Initiative

A recently concluded demonstration project made meaningful progress toward introducing a "patient-centered medical home" approach at "safety net" practices serving vulnerable and underserved populations. Lessons learned in the course of...

October 17, 2014 | RevCycle Intelligence

Can primary care end the pay-for-service model?

According to a new report, the role primary care physicians play in the payment side of the health care landscape is becoming more important. The Affordable Care Act is expected to add 25 million primary care appointments annually, all of...

October 17, 2014 | NJBIZ

Horizon's newest Medicare Advantage plan encourages use of 'patient-centered' practices

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey is offering a new Medicae Advantage Plan that has lower out-of-pocket costs and more coordinated care when members choose doctors in Horizon's network of patient-centered practices, the largest...

October 16, 2014 | Healio

Integrated care plan helps primary care physicians address mental health

According to Brenda Reiss-Brennan, PhD, mental health integration director for Intermountain Healthcare, the first step toward integrating behavioral health into primary care is to stop thinking of patients with mental health issues as “...

October 15, 2014 | Pittsburgh Business Times

New Highmark plan comes with member discounts

New Highmark health insurance plans offer member discounts for seeing doctors using a team approach in providing care. Highmark PPO Blue Total Health and Community Blue Total Health were introduced Wednesday by the insurer, which come...

October 15, 2014 | Medical Xpress

Transforming safety net practices into patient-centered medical homes

October 15, 2014 | Healio

AAP: Medical home integral to reduce harms of poverty, toxic stress among children

AAP president James M. Perrin, MD, FAAP, emphasized the importance of the medical home and how comprehensive care can alleviate two significant threats to the promise of a child — toxic stress and poverty — during his address at the 2014...

October 13, 2014 | The Hill

Is direct primary care part of the solution or part of the problem?

Unlike other wealthy countries, the United States has a low ratio of primary care physicians relative to medical specialists. Currently, only one in three physicians practice primary care, and only one in six medical graduates chooses...

October 13, 2014 | FierceHealthPayer

ACOs can help deliver population health, Cigna exec says

Collaborative care models like accountable care organizations are the "tip of the iceberg" helping insurers deliver population health to consumers, says Harriet Wallsh, a clinical program director with Cigna Collaborative Care. "We're in...

October 13, 2014 | Health Data Management

Innovation Needed To Meet Primary Care Demand

Healthcare delivery systems should consider leveraging nurse practitioners and physician assistants, patient-centered medical homes, multi-disciplinary care teams, and health information technology to meet the future demands for primary...

October 13, 2014 | Brookings

A More Complete Picture of Pioneer ACO Results

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released more detailed ACO-level data for participants in first two years of the Pioneer ACO Model. The program, which is designed for health systems with more experience...

October 13, 2014 | Modern Healthcare

Reform Update: Threat to Service Corps funding endangers primary-care efforts, groups say

The National Health Service Corps has been a key program in offering access to primary care in rural and underserved areas since its establishment in 1972. President Barack Obama's 2009 stimulus package and the Patient Protection and...

October 12, 2014 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Consumer Reports: Tips for living well in later years

Sixty years ago, an American who made it to 65 could expect to live an additional 14 years. Today, Consumer Reports notes, it's 19 years. So how do we grow older healthfully so that we can enjoy those extra years? No matter whether you've...

October 10, 2014

HIEs push for interoperability to support population health

The financial burden of health information exchange (HIE) and the difficulty of wrangling multiple vendors into some sense of interoperability are among the top challenges facing the national health IT infrastructure and the shift towards...