For health systems, providing effective value-based care involves having foundational building blocks, this chief clinical officer says. Stephanie Duggan, MD, the chief clinical officer of SSM Health, ...

The authors advocate for a strategy that reallocates the substantial workforce effort and financial resources currently devoted to low-value care to enhance access and affordability of high-value ...

Substance use disorder continues to be a pervasive health challenge in the U.S. as 61 million people have reported alcohol use disorder and 9 million have opioid use issues, according to federal data.

Transitioning from fee for service into value-based care has big challenges for health systems. But it doesn’t have to become a monumental change. John Herman, CEO of Penn Medicine Lancaster Health, ...

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Tasked with reducing healthcare costs while offering more comprehensive care, health plans and providers are reconsidering their approach. Traditionally, the healthcare system operated under a fee-for ...

Two out of three healthcare leaders believe population health management will be very important or critically important to their organization’s success, a recent survey found. Yet there are signs many ...