Consumerism
Backed by private investors ranging from former Goldman Sachs鈥� CFO David Viniar to BlackRock鈥檚 Larry Fink, 98point6 is melding a direct primary care subscription model with virtual care approach to give consumers a low-cost way to establish a relationship with a primary care physician.
As providers, payers and others survey the health care landscape for next year and what potential strategic adjustments to make, keep an eye on these issues identified by some of the field鈥檚 prominent advisory firms.
鈥淲hen Hospitals Merge, Patients Often Pay More鈥� doesn鈥檛 paint a full picture of the root cause of higher health care costs to consumers.
Educators, innovators and organizations from across the biomedical and technology spectrum met recently at the Exponential Medicine 2018 conference to explore the future of health care.
Seemingly everyone agrees that consumers should have a stronger voice in value-driven health care and how benefit plans are designed. What hasn't been clear, until now, is how to ensure this. The Health Care Transformation Task Force, a consortium of well-known payers, providers, purchasers and鈥�
Once the CVS Health-Aetna merger is officially completed (expected to be around Thanksgiving), the retail chain will turn its attention to opening its first "health hub" concept stores early next year.
Walgreens Boots Alliance and McLaren Health Care, which operates 14 hospitals, are collaborating on a plan to expand pharmacy and outpatient care services throughout Michigan. McLaren will offer services ranging from retail health clinics to urgent care centers and primary care sites in select鈥�
OODA Health, which focuses on removing inefficiency from health care administration, and Blue Shield of California are building a cloud-based platform to provide payments to providers immediately after care is delivered. The companies will test the new technology as a pilot program with Dignity鈥�
The AHA board member uses consumerism to differentiate Valley Regional.
Health care pricing is complex and can be difficult to understand. This guide from the Healthcare Financial Management Association helps consumers better understand their health coverage and what questions to ask their insurer and providers to get the information they need to make health care鈥�