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New Venture Aims to Fill Customer-Service Void in Healthcare

Jonathan Weber  |  

(Reuters)—Three large U.S. venture capital firms are betting that hospitals will buy into a new service designed to help healthcare providers treat their patients more like upscale hotels treat their customers. The new company, called Docent Health, is creating software and mobile applications that will help organize and monitor every aspect of an individual’s hospital…

How Medicare’s Chronic Care Management Payments Could Affect Primary Care

Will Boggs, MD  |  

(Reuters Health)—Medicare’s new “chronic care management” (CCM) payment program could make it more financially feasible for physicians to deliver services between visits. Under the new program, Medicare could reimburse primary care practices about $40 month for such things as medication management and communication with other doctors for patients who have two or more chronic medical…

CareFirst Sees More Than Doubled Savings on Shared Rewards with Doctors

Susan Kelly  |  

(Reuters)—Insurer CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield said on Thursday its cost savings on providing healthcare rose sharply last year in a program that rewards doctors for keeping patients out of the hospital. The non-profit health insurer operates an approach to delivering care that emphasizes coordination among providers, led by a patient’s primary care physician. The model is…

Update on Healthcare Reform in 2014 under the Affordable Care Act

Joseph Flood, MD, & Kam Nola, PharmD, MS  |  

The American College of Rheumatology continues to monitor healthcare system changes under the ACA; educate rheumatologists, rheumatology health professionals

How Obamacare Is Expected to Impact Rheumatologists and Their Patients

Bryn Nelson, PhD  |  

Provisions of the Affordable Care Act may affect Medicare patient co-pays for high-priced drugs, alleviate the shortage of pediatric rheumatologists, and encourage greater coordination among specialty providers

What the Affordable Care Act Means for Rheumatology

Bryn Nelson, PhD  |  

Expected to flood the healthcare system with an influx of insured patients, Obamacare will likely exacerbate physician shortages, worsen capacity issues for many rheumatologists, and pressure providers to deliver a measurable quality of care, but analysts say rheumatology patients will benefit from expanded insurance coverage options