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Blues plan offers $20K for anti-obesity ideas
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) is hoping to incentivize state residents to generate ideas to help reduce obesity. The insurer is offering a $20,000 reward to up to three of the
Momentum to kill IPAB grows in Congress
Some momentum is building in Congress toward eliminating the Medicare Independent Payment Advisory Board, although academics, economists and the Obama administration are pushing back against such a
Rate hikes are reasonable, says Blue Shield of California
Blue Shield of California has determined that, despite strong opposition and criticism from state regulators and consumers, its proposed rate increases are reasonable. After reviewing Blue Shield's
Humana to offer wellness incentives program
Humana is teaming with the South African company Discovery Holdings to offer a wellness program aimed at reducing its medical claims and lowering out-of-pocket health costs for its medical members,
Aetna to drop trauma center seeking 100 percent rate increase
Aetna ( NYSE: AET ) is dropping the Albany Medical Center from its network because the trauma hospital is asking for a 100 percent increase in physician care rates and more than double the rates of the
Redefine payer-provider relationships to reduce cancer costs
There is no denying it--cancer is expensive. Although less than 1 percent of the commercially-insured population has cancer, they account for more than 10 percent of all healthcare costs. The average
SPOTLIGHT: Disease management system saves $21K per patient, per day
A population management program that matches heart disease patients to personal nurses and clinical pharmacy specialists reduces death risk and healthcare costs, concludes a Kaiser Permanente study
Insurers introduce new payment structures to reduce costs
In an effort to cut healthcare costs, several insurers are introducing new pay structures to encourage care that averts hospitalizations, including paying enhanced fees to hospitals. Aetna plans to
Harvard Business Review: These 12 global 'megatrends' will revolutionize healthcare
Increased demand in developing countries, technological advances that lead to personalized medicine, and an influx of aging populations are among the 12 healthcare "megatrends" that dramatically
