Payers

Value-based care depends on measuring and reporting outcomes, but doing so is causing burnout in physicians.

A year-long pilot in Sacramento will enable members to get free rides to medical appointments, lab and radiology visits and to pharmacies.

As Hurricane Dorian bears down on the U.S., some health payers are moving to assist members in the wake of expected storm impact and lack of access to health services.

Blue Shield of California is the first payer to sign with a new value-based care collaborative with healthcare services company Altais and health IT company Aledade.

Blue Shield of California is partnering with a company that is making use of telehealth services to enable follow-up care for home care visits by physicians.

Most organizations are in the process of transitioning to the cloud, and this is making it difficult for IT departments to monitor security.

About a dozen health plans will join Apple, Google and Microsoft to test a new private sector implementation guide for Blue Button 2.0.

More payers are looking for unique ways to engage members, including the use of voice-activated artificial intelligence.

Jordan Bazinsky of Cotiviti says the need to inherently trust information is essential to gain trustworthy insights.

Approaches such as analytics, artificial intelligence and smart phone apps aim to improve care and save money.

One of the nation’s largest health insurers is integrating capabilities with a health consumer experience firm to improve offerings to employers and plan members.

For healthcare payers, the answer depends on more than just saving money—optimizing health should be the basis for adoption.

The network also includes three other insurers — Aetna, Anthem and the Chicago-based Health Care Service Corporation.

The Trump administration is preparing a regulation that would allow the resumption of billions of dollars in payments to health insurers in Obamacare.