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5 payer trends to watch in 2018

Henry Kotula

However, the pace of adoption is tempered by provider resistance to taking on risk and by payer reluctance to push providers to do so before they are operationally prepared to be successful,” Abrams said, referencing findings in Numerof & Associates’ 2017 State of Population Health Survey.

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Full-Year Results for Shared Savings Program

BHM Healthcare Solutions

High-performing providers in the program were rewarded for progress toward achieving the “triple aim” of reducing costs, enhancing the patient experience, and improving population health. Additionally, the program drove a risk-adjusted claims cost trend from 2016 to 2017 that was 3.7% lower than the cohort trend.

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Health Care for a Typical Working Family of Four in America Will Cost $28,166 in 2018

Health Populi

in March 2018 — roughly the rate of growth of healthcare spending for a family of four between 2017 and 2018, as the Milliman Medical Index noted. Last year’s rate of growth was 4.6%. The latest wage increase data shows that Americans’ wages grew by about 4.5%