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State Medicaid plan reverts to fee for service
After more than a decade of operating under managed care, Connecticut's Medicaid program has gone back to a fee-for-service payment model, Stateline Health News reported . The reversion to fee for
CareFirst finds success by tailoring local payment reform
As many insurers make headlines for taking large, overarching steps to revamp the fee-for-service payment system, one health insurer hopes to drive change through the local community by creating the
UnitedHealth ties doctor fees to quality care
In the latest sign that insurers are rejecting the traditional fee-for-service payment model, UnitedHealth said it would start tying doctors' fees to quality outcomes. WellPoint and Aetna both have
Global payments yield 'modest' savings
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts' own version of a global payment system, called the alternative quality contract (AQC), has produced "modest" savings in its first year and improved quality of
Highmark invests $475M to acquire failing hospital chain
When Highmark announced it was spending $475 million to acquire West Penn Allegheny Health System, which is currently $800 million in debt, many concerns were raised that the move inappropriately
Global payments aren't saving money in Massachusetts
Massachusetts has been leading the charge to contain healthcare costs, but a new report finds that its efforts thus far aren't successful. Attorney General Martha Coakley conducted a yearlong review
Specialists question ACO integration, show reluctance to join
Organizations representing oncologists and other specialty physicians are expressing some concerns about how accountable care organizations will be regulated, reports AIS Health. Officials with U.S.
Vermont inches closer to tax-funded insurance for residents
Vermont could become the first state to provide and pay for insurance for most of its residents as soon as 2017 under a plan passed by the state legislature Thursday. But first, it must overcome
Insurers' definition of success must change
Michael McRaith, the Illinois director of insurance since 2005 and future director of the Federal Insurance Office, believes that the health insurance industry's definition of success has to change,
