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Hospitals to see bigger push to cut chronic care costs
The changes ushered in by the Affordable Care Act will prompt many insurers to push hospitals and other providers to clamp down on the costs of providing chronic care, reported The New York Times.
Tiered health plans confuse physicians, patients
As part of the health industry's movement toward greater cost-consciousness, tiered and limited network health plans are on the rise and confusing patients and physicians alike. In Massachusetts,
Health plans targeting docs as they expand mobile strategy
Insurers have stepped into the shallow end of the mobile pool in the past year, launching apps for largely administrative functions, and mainly aimed at patients. Soon to come, however: Apps created
Insurers, brokers thwart cost cuts
The Healthcare Performance Management Institute reports that insurers and benefits consultants are getting in the way of employer efforts to reduce healthcare costs, according to Healthcare Finance
