Shortages Raise Expenses and Inefficiencies
While clinical settings struggle and shortages raise expenses, how can payers hope to effectively handle the expected flood of behavioral health claims?
What Health Plans Must Do To Address Healthcare Trends?
The U.S. election looks to push a teetering ACA in any direction. The coming open enrollment periods will also influence the 2017 reactions from Health Plans and Providers. Gregory Scott, US Health Plans leader and vice chairman of Deloitte LLP (profile), shares his perspective on trends impacting health plans as they respond to the rise of consumerism and the proliferation of the value-based care model.
Free Webinar: Beyond Concordance Rates
Free Webinar: Beyond Concordance Rates: BHM’s New Innovations for Improving the Peer Review Process BHM Healthcare Solutions debuts its exciting new web-based suite of data reporting tools! BHM is at the forefront of data mining allowing clients to do a deeper dive on case data. Unlike any other reporting tool in the market today, BHM’s peer review system facilitates more data capture, data mining - analysis, reporting and review. Managing your case data more effectively will reduce costs, improve productivity, and maximize your resources.
1300% Spike In Opioid Epidemic Spending
The opioid epidemic sweeping the country is still in full force. As opioid dependency marks one of biggest challenges healthcare providers, payers, it has become a critical focus for everyone in the healthcare ecosystem. A recent study, reported by Kaiser Health News, found that the United States saw a 1300% spike in “spending by health insurers in a four-year period on patients with a diagnosis of opioid dependence or abuse.”
2017? A Peek at What’s Next
Healthcare trends are crucial to watch, as they help organizations predict changes in the industry and can help then make critical improvements to the way they do business. In previous week's we looked at payer trends and payment trends. This week we are homing in on medical cost trends for 2017. From retail clinics to PBMs, there are many trends impacting healthcare spending.
Mid-Year Update: 4 Major Payer Trends
Q3 is in full swing and now is the time to look at what healthcare trends will bring us into 2017. Many payers are looking at current healthcare trends to help predict changes in the marketplace and isolate places of improvement. From data security to value based payments, it has been a big year for healthcare. Here 4 of the biggest trends payers can expect to hit in Q4 and continue into 2017.
CMS Unlocks Claims Data. Now What?
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a new rule that gives providers and employers better access to Medicare and private sector claims data. CMS hopes that the improved access will help organizations make more informed decisions about care delivery and quality improvement.
A Humorous Look at Healthcare Reform Through Cartoons
This video presents the satirical side of Healthcare Reform through the use of brilliant cartoons.
ADHD Trends in the US According to Several Studies
What is ADHD? What are some of the medical treatments? What are the recent trends in ADHD? What are some of the symptoms associated with it?
7 Lessons Learned from the Swine Flu
As the H1N1 outbreak of 2009 taught us, we as a modern society are just as apt to be exposed to outbreaks, as well as the behavior that follows. Because the next outbreak is only a matter of time away from happening,