Policy makers and health plans seek value-based management of specialty drugs. This study examines real-world factors that favor some approaches over others and their potential impact. Objectives: ...

When you get right down to it, there are only a few compelling stories that sell products and services. While aspiration, empathy, desire, brand loyalty, price and delivery performance are all ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joshua Cohen is a Boston-based writer who covers health policy. Through the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) ...

Prior authorization has been a flashpoint for providers, and, while insurers have taken steps to ease these utilization management protocols, they still play a key role as the industry shifts to value ...

The US healthcare system is in crisis, with documented gaps in quality, safety, access, and affordability. Many believe the solution to unsustainable cost increases is increased patient cost-sharing.

"Investment is most intelligent when it is most businesslike. I should add that it is most successful when it is most businesslike."—Benjamin Graham 1 Business students need only three well taught ...

About the Author: Ian Chiang is a principal at Flare Capital Partners, a healthcare technology and services-focused VC firm. Prior to joining Flare, he was the SVP of product and innovation and a ...

Value-based care promises improved outcomes for patients, healthcare providers, and health plans, and there is growing pressure for health systems to shift from a traditional fee-for-service model to ...

We’ve all seen the news: Value-based care is coming, it’s inevitable, it’s here. But many health systems have yet to see major impacts from value-based reimbursement models such as accountable care ...

This article was originally published on Apparelist. Money left on the table doesn’t pay bills. Every day, print shops across the country calculate their costs, add a markup, and hand over quotes that ...