Highlights of our peer-reviewed research in the healthcare press.
David Ruth of Medical Xpress highlighted a study in the new issue of The American Journal of Managed Care by researchers at Rice University and the health insurer Cigna. In the paper, Vivian Ho, PhD, and her co-authors reported on the success of Cigna’s Collaborative Accountable Care initiative, which achieved savings through the use of an embedded care coordinator. Cigna funded the coordinator in a practice within a North Texas accountable care organization (ACO), and the investment could be replicated elsewhere. The ACO viewed the foray into population health as an essential competitive step. Most of the savings were achieved by sticking with lower cost providers; the study supported the idea that physician-led ACOs will promote their own revenue streams but find savings in those areas that extend outside their own practice or health system.
Covered Preventive Services at Risk: V-BID Summit Breaks Down the Braidwood v Becerra Case
March 20th 2024For more than a decade, certain high-value preventive care services have been covered at no cost to patients under the Affordable Care Act, but a current legal challenge has the coverage at risk.
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Oncology Onward: A Conversation With Penn Medicine's Dr Justin Bekelman
December 19th 2023Justin Bekelman, MD, director of the Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation, sat with our hosts Emeline Aviki, MD, MBA, and Stephen Schleicher, MD, MBA, for our final episode of 2023 to discuss the importance of collaboration between academic medicine and community oncology and testing innovative cancer care delivery in these settings.
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Evolution of HDHPs With VBID Components Can Improve Care for Chronic Disease
March 14th 2024Over the course of the last 20 years, high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) have undergone an evolution. Today’s plans, with more high-value services covered predeductible, can improve care for people with chronic diseases, said panelists at the 2024 Value-Based Insurance Design (V-BID) Summit.
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Oncology Onward: A Conversation With Thyme Care CEO and Cofounder Robin Shah
October 2nd 2023Robin Shah, CEO of Thyme Care, which he founded in 2020 with Bobby Green, MD, president and chief medical officer, joins hosts Emeline Aviki, MD, MBA, and Stephen Schleicher, MD, MBA, to discuss his evolution as an entrepreneur in oncology care innovation and his goal of positively changing how patients experience the cancer system.
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