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.
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.
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.
This video presents the satirical side of Healthcare Reform through the use of brilliant cartoons.
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?
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,