As the U.S. healthcare industry shifts from the current fee-for-service model to one focused on value, outcomes and better patient experiences, bundled healthcare is already proving its merit. Bundled ...

The rising costs of healthcare generally, and the high costs of childbirth in the United States, are forcing innovation in payment models for maternity care alongside the ongoing efforts in other ...

A Medicare program that began on April 1 requires about 800 hospitals to “bundle” payments for knee and hip replacements. Long in the making, this effort should point the way to more coordinated, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Total episode spending in a 90-day episode of care was reduced with a bundled payment model. Physicians and ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Tuesday a new initiative to help improve care for patients while they are in the hospital and after they are discharged. Doctors, ...

Hospitals are living in two worlds today: Planning for next-generation value-based care while praying that patient volumes increase under fee-for-service. The belief that alternative models will ...

MUNICH, Germany—Two randomized trials testing different types of interventions for patients with acute intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), presented here at the European Stroke Organisation Conference ...

Oct. 19 article, “Huddling on Health Care.” I agree that multi-specialty practices are an effective way to provide individualized care and treat complex conditions. It is important, however, to ...

Using a system for primary care management of patients with diabetes may reduce the risk of myocardial infarction, stroke, and retinopathy over a 3-year period. A parallel pre-post observational ...