Chris Anderson
The TriZetto Group has announced plans to enhance its care management and value-based solutions for health plan members and their providers through a strategic partnership with clinical analytics developer MEDai.
Robust healthcare IT systems able to classify treatments based on an individual patient's profile are vital for payers to properly manage value-based benefits, according to Mark Fendrick, co-director of the Center for Value-Based Insurance Design.
eHealth, the parent company of eHealthInsurance, has launched a new business unit, eHealth Government Systems, which will focus on the technology solutions required for new government-run health insurance exchanges.
In an effort to increase understanding of the tax credit and grandfathering provisions of healthcare reform, WellPoint Inc. recently launched two new online tools to help business owners understand the implications of these provisions with their current health plan.
Network Health, a health plan providing coverage to more than 160,000 Massachusetts residents with low or moderate incomes, has partnered with Health Integrated, a leading health management solutions provider, to offer its members enhanced health coaching services.
As the first wave of more than 76 million Baby Boomers become eligible for Medicare, Empire BlueCross wants to meet them where they make their buying decisions: online.
Innovent Oncology, a division of US Oncology, has engaged the actuarial and consulting firm Milliman to help develop risk contracting methodologies – including episode rates, bundled payments and capitation – to help identify potential areas where oncologists can improve quality of care while lowering health costs.
In an effort to help financial institutions understand how the HITECH Act and HIPAA directly affects their operations, four industry trade groups recently banded together to release a white paper "Compliance Guidelines for Financial Institutions in the Healthcare Sector: HITECH and the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules."
Joining an ever-growing number of health plans looking to help their members access health information wherever they may roam, Highland has announced the launch of its Highmark Health@Hand iPhone application.
The TriZetto Group recently announced a partnership with professors who founded the value-based insurance design (VBID) movement to develop chronic-condition templates as options for healthcare payer customers of TriZetto’s Value-Based Benefits Solution.