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Study shows strength of team-based care in PCMH
Despite the challenges practices face in implementing the pati ent-centered medical home model, many who've put forth the effort have achieved promising results, according to a series of recent reports. However, progress to date varies by practice size, noted an ar ticle from Medscape.
Retail clinics capitalize on 'Blockbuster strategy'
Walk-in retail clinics, which have grown 20 percent since 2009, are increasingly following what has come to be known as the "Blockbuster strategy" when seeking new locations, as locations formerly owned by the now-defunct video rental chain tend to have features clinics look for, including visibility, heavy traffic and signage capabilities, according to Bloomberg Businessweek.
Medicare to start paying doctors to administer better care
Medicare will now issue a monthly fee to primary care doctors with the intention to provide better care to seniors who need it most.
ACA plans don't address the underinsurance problem
The Affordable Care Act was intended to reduce the number of uninsured consumers, but it hasn't required payers to address the underinsured consumers who have coverage but still must pay substantial out-of-pocket costs, according to a New York Times Upshot column.
High deductibles scaring patients away from care
For several years now, rising out-of-pocket health costs have caused some p atients to forego needed care. A recent stu dy from the Commonwealth Fund confirms that not only are patients cutting back on care due to cost, but also their misunders tanding of insurance coverage leads many to forego preventive care unnecessarily.
How $25 gift cards are driving women to get mammograms
Hudson Health Plan, a nonprofit Medicaid plan owned by MVP Health Care, is taking steps to ensure its members get important preventive health screenings like mammograms. Since 2012, the Hudson Valley-based insurer's customer service representatives have been calling members to encourage them to get their mammograms. And to incentivize their members, Hudson Health gives them a $25 gift card when they undergo a mammogram.
Report: Out-of-pocket costs too high
The trend toward greater consumer cost-sharing, through higher deductibles, copayments, and coinsurance, is prompting many Americans to skip preventive tests and seek care, while also leaving them with burdensome bills, according to a new report from The Commonwealth Fund.
Misinformation, cost anxiety persist among privately insured
With insured patients' out-of-pocket costs on the rise, nearly one-fifth of privately insured Americans admittedly avoided seeing a doctor for an illness or injury over the past year, according to new re search conducted by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
3 reasons retail clinics aren't right for healthcare
The retail clinic business has grown rapidly over the past several years, drive n by a combination of factors such as the physician s hortage, lower prices and better cost transparency
Expanded services central to CarePoint Health's plans
CarePoint Health's new CEO Dennis Kelly plans to further expand the business beyond its Hudson County, New Jersey roots while focusing on keeping patients healthy and better coordinating care.
