Highmark, Capital BlueCross execs share what steps they’re taking to implement paying for value instead of volume

http://www.fiercehealthpayer.com/story/payers-positioned-lead-alternative-payment-model-transformation/2015-04-09?page=full

Nice Hospital

CEO calls value-based reimbursement paired with integration invaluable

http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/himss15-humanas-bruce-broussard-says-industry-must-change-perspective-impro/2015-04-14

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The Birth and Increasingly Troubled Life of Medicare

http://www.medpagetoday.com/MedPageTodayat10/Medicareat50/50718?isalert=1&uun=g885344d3819R7095614u&utm_source=breaking-news&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=breaking-news&xid=NL_breakingnews_2015-03-31

Why Low Growth in Health Costs Still Stings

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/04/08/why-low-growth-in-health-costs-still-stings/?utm_campaign=KFF%3A+Drew%27s+Columns&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=16962011&_hsenc=p2ANqtz–38gNBe4tArXEi1kR4gIoGPcB2uGQndAtR9a57fX7sixUnjJtHdETi4iYn613Dneh6G2TarKm9MCTz9h8Q_rrLuRwo4Q&_hsmi=16962011

9 physicians indicted in $7M fraud scheme involving homeless patients

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/legal-regulatory-issues/9-physicians-indicted-in-7m-fraud-scheme-involving-homeless-patients.html

Roots in the past shape a children’s hospital of the future: Q&A with the CEO of Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/roots-in-the-past-shape-a-children-s-hospital-of-the-future-q-a-with-the-ceo-of-lucile-packard-children-s-hospital-stanford.html