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Lyndhurst, NJ (PRWEB) December 08, 2011, IncentOne, a provider of incentive solutions to the healthcare industry, has launched what it says is the first outcomes-based biometric incentive program through its Health Power™ platform. With this solution, IncentOne will enable payers, health service companies, employers, governments and administrators to align incentives to outcomes and improvements in 20 [...]
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Nov. 3, 2011 | Pittsburgh, Pa. — Highmark’s latest data on its Quality BLUE pay-for-performance programs demonstrates that participating hospitals and physicians consistently take better care of Highmark members than health care providers that are not part of the program. “Whether you look at infection rates, screening for various diseases or electronic prescribing rates, Highmark members are [...]
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INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — WellPoint, Inc., (NYSE: WLP) today announced it has been awarded Silver and Honorable Mention honors for Health Care Consumer Empowerment and Protection by URAC, a leading health care accreditation organization. The awards recognize industry achievements in advancing the role of consumers as active participants in their health [...]
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DENVER, Oct 13, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — The TriZetto Group noted with interest a Health Affairs article in July reporting that national healthcare spending was expected to increase from 17.6 percent in 2010 to 19.8 percent in 2020, as economic recovery spurs higher utilization and an estimated 30 million additional people receive health insurance coverage [...]
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OAKLAND, Calif. — Kaiser Permanente leads the nation with the most No. 1s receiving top marks in 11 out of 40 effectiveness of care measures among all reporting commercial health plans. These conclusions were based on information in the 2011 National Committee for Quality Assurance’s Quality Compass® data. Kaiser Permanente received top marks for: Weight assessment [...]
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PITTSBURGH–(BUSINESS WIRE)–HealthAmerica and Preferred Primary Care Physicians (Preferred) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, have launched a new pilot program with the goal of providing more coordinated and patient-centered primary care and improved communications among patients, their physicians and their care team. “HealthAmerica will play an important role because of the data we track on quality measures, which [...]
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DEERFIELD, Ill., October 06, 2011 – Text messaging has become the most popular form of communication for mobile users in the U.S., and now Walgreens (NYSE: WAG) (NASDAQ: WAG) is helping its pharmacy patients remember and order prescription refills through its newest mobile feature, Refill Reminder Text Alerts. The new service delivers a text message [...]
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WASHINGTON – The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) released a comprehensive, interconnected action plan that fundamentally transforms the healthcare system, moving it away from a fee-for-service model to a patient-centered model. The action plan, Building Tomorrow’s Healthcare System: The Pathway to High-Quality, Affordable Care in America, provides specific recommendations to improve healthcare quality and [...]
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