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Special Report: How Health Care Disruptors will Transform the Field in 2024
AHA Market Scan special report explores which companies aim to deliver transformational change in 2024.
Will Walgreens, Walmart Value-based Care Plays Pay Off?
Walgreens last week entered into a strategic partnership with Pearl Health, a technology platform for primary care physicians in value-based care arrangements. Just days earlier, Bloomberg reported that Walmart was exploring the purchase of a majority stake in ChenMed, a value-based care organization of more than 125 primary care clinics in 15 states focused on treating older adults. The respective moves have some analysts questioning just how much the retailers could gain from these initiatives given that the companies have had difficulty to date showing positive financial returns for their hefty health care investments.
Three Takeaways from the J.P. Morgan Health Care Conference
At last week’s J.P. Morgan Health Care Conference, the investment banking giant’s health care arm Morgan Health made some of the biggest news amid developments from health care startups, providers, tech developers, biotech and pharma firms.
How Rural Hospitals Will Fare in Health Care Revolution
All of health care is undergoing rapid transformation as organizations accelerate innovation efforts, explore partnership opportunities and other options for improving care delivery and cost reduction. But rural providers may face special challenges due to limited resources and — surprisingly — may also have some advantages in this rapidly changing environment, according to Michael Rogers, a practical futurist and speaker.
Providence St. Joseph Debuts Population Health-Management Firm
In a move to help fellow health care organizations improve clinical outcomes, simplify patient access to information, lower costs and meet payer and business requirements, Providence St. Joseph Health has launched Ayin Health Solutions, a for-profit population health management company.
UnitedHealth Makes Big Move to Help Seniors Navigate MA
As competition increases among payers to sign up and retain seniors in Medicare Advantage plans, UnitedHealth has added 800 nurses and customer-service advocates to its concierge-services team to help seniors with complex conditions navigate their care. The move greatly expands UnitedHealth’s Navigate4me program, which launched in 2017.
Texas Blues: Insurer Makes Push into Primary Care
It’s getting tougher and tougher to distinguish between insurers and providers — and even more so after Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas became the latest payer to move into primary care.
Some Health Care Startups Require Performance-Based Contracts
Even as many hospitals and health care systems continue to evaluate whether to participate in risk-based reimbursement models, some health care startups are betting their futures on it.
Full Speed Ahead for Risk-Based Contracts? Maybe Not
The days of shared-risk, value-based contracts (VBC) dominating health care are seemingly just around the corner. But that reality may not materialize as quickly as some envision, based on results of the 9th Annual Industry Pulse Survey recently released by Change Healthcare and the HealthCare Executive Group.