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Price transparency data has revealed there is a high degree of price variance for healthcare procedures depending on patients' insurance carriers and the location in which services are delivered. Jaewon Ryu, Geisinger’s president and CEO, said that the only way this variability can be addressed is by getting decision makers on the payment side much more aligned with the care delivery side of things.

Moving to value-based care models isn't easy. But payers may be in the best position to make this change, according to the Business Group on Health. Employers, meanwhile, can encourage their employees to receive care from providers participating in value-based care.

This dearth of maternity care providers is exacerbating the country’s less-than-stellar reputation for birth outcomes. In order to ensure better health for mothers and their newborns, OB-GYNs must identify risk factors that negatively impact pregnancy early on and work to maintain the whole picture of their pregnant patients' health. However, OB-GYNs aren’t incentivized to do this under a fee-for-service payment model.

/PRNewswire/ -- Baby boomers who are aging into Medicare or want to explore their options for 2023 can attend a virtual seminar from the comfort of their own...

EmpiRx found in its data that pharmacy claims for behavioral health treatments increased 9.4% from 2020 to 2021. For antidepressants, utilization increased 12% during this time period, but per claim spend fell 1.8%. ADHD medications saw a 20.2% increase in utilization and a 9.1% decrease in per claim spend.

Drug prices can often make lifesaving drugs difficult to get. Lyfegen, a value-based contracting company, just raised $8 million to change this.

There are a few key priorities providers and digital health companies should consider in their efforts to better reach patients — including scaling up their commitment to value-based care and working to engage patients beyond their episodic care needs — according to a recent healthcare innovation panel.

Aledade said that its value-based care network has helped save the U.S. healthcare system save more than $1.2 billion over the past eight years. A primary care physician at an accountable care organization that works with Aledade testified that being a part of the network has yielded significant shared savings that have led to better care outcomes, such as lower re-hospitalization rates.

/PRNewswire/ -- Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) announced today that Bruce Johnson will transition from his role as president and Chief Executive Officer to...

State and Science of Value-Based Care report conducted by Morning Consult and Innovaccer reveals key IT infrastructure issues healthcare...