Hospital mergers led to diminished quality of care, Elevance study finds
Health Care Dive
AUGUST 2, 2023
The study from the Blues payer is the latest finding hospital acquisitions lead to increased readmissions and higher costs for patients.
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How does competition impact community health center quality of care?
Healthcare ECONOMIST
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
Herfindahl-Hirschman Index, HHI) but also the quality of care provided by their competitors. For instance, it wouldn’t be clear if quality of care from the competitor impacted the index hospital or the quality of care of the index hospital impacted the competitor.
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Quality of Care at Teaching Hospitals
Healthcare ECONOMIST
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
A key question then is whether these teaching hospitals provide better quality of care to patients. The study finds that: Quality of care as measured in process of care studies and in longi- tudinal studies of long-term survival of cancer patients tends to be higher at major teaching hospitals.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona launches subsidiary it hopes will improve quality of care
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 30, 2023
When Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona launched Prosano Health Solutions in January for its approximately 1,800 employees, the insurer seems to have liked the results because it now plans to offer | Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona launched Prosano Health Solutions in January for use by about 1,800 of the insurer’s employees.
Under Two-Sided Risk Models, Quality Of Care Increases Compared To FFS Medicare
Home Health Care
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Data examinations are beginning to shed greater insight on just how much better value-based payment models are for quality of care. When comparing two-sided risk models in Medicare Advantage (MA) versus fee-for-service Medicare programs, the former performed better in all eight quality-of-care metrics.
Pediatric Associates Selects Innovaccer’s AI Platform to Enhance Quality of Care for 1.5 Million Patients
HIT Consultant
JUNE 7, 2024
What You Should Know: – Pediatrics Associates , the leading private pediatric primary care group in the US, has partnered with Innovaccer Inc., – The collaboration aims to leverage AI and data analytics to improve the quality of care for Pediatrics Associates’ over 1.5 million patients across 7 states.
Referrals, quality of care and the human connection
Healthcare ECONOMIST
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
As a health economist who likes to think about the world in a quantitative manner, I do whatever I can to measure quality in a numeric manner. Thus, if I was visiting a primary care physician (PCP) and needed some specialist care, I would want the PCP to refer me to the specialist with the best quality ratings.
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