Although readiness for disasters, disease outbreaks and other emergencies continued to improve in 32 states and the District of Columbia in 2018, there are still large health security disparities with clusters of states in the South-Central, Upper Mountain West, Pacific Coast and Midwest regions lagging significantly behind the rest of the nation, according to the National Health Security Preparedness Index.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has unveiled a roadmap to address healthcare affordability, and the plan begins with increasing hospital price transparency, according to the Colorado Times Reporter.
To identify the most- and least-stressed states, WalletHub analysts compared the 50 states on 40 indicators of stress.
The three largest private health insurers held 80 percent or more of the employer market in 2015-16, according to a Government Accountability Office analysis.
Health plans are looking for new ways to compete for customers, and some are finding that collaborating with healthcare providers can improve outcomes and costs for members; however, payers still have to persuade wary providers to work with them, according to a Deloitte analysis.
Paying patients to shift to lower-price providers could be a successful option for helping employers and insurers lower healthcare costs, a new study in Health Affairs suggests.
The American Hospital Association has opened applications for its second annual AHA Innovation Challenge.
Physician burnout is a public health issue that "urgently demands action" from the rest of the healthcare industry, according to a report from Harvard University and Massachusetts trade groups.
Seven in 10 Americans identified the U.S. healthcare system as being "in a state of crisis" or having "major problems" during a recent Gallup poll.
In the upcoming year, persistent uncertain and risk is projected for the US healthcare organizations. Revenue cycle issues such as denials management and patient access are among the risk areas for healthcare organizations next year, according to an analysis from Crowe, a public accounting, consulting and technology firm.