Health Care Delivery

The impacts the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will have on healthcare delivery will reach far beyond the clinical level. For that reason, America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), a strategic partner of The American Journal of Managed Care, knows that cultivating collaborative discussions about health law implementation is only common sense.

Reducing inappropriate use of cardiac telemetry may improve the cost of care while maintaining patient safety.

Hospitals in more competitive markets had significantly lower costs per discharge for both Medicare and privately insured patients.