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 Medicaid Health
Plans: Coordination, Innovation, Personalization
At the 2015 AHIP Institute in Nashville, attendees
got a firsthand look at some of the innovative care management
strategies Medicaid health plans use to ensure high-quality,
coordinated care. Two Medicaid health plan
executives shared how their plans are providing access to better
care, better health outcomes, and better value for their
low-income beneficiaries. ... Read more
New Data Brief on
Hospital Consolidation and Premiums
The growing body of evidence that hospital
consolidation and higher premiums go hand-in-hand has yet
another entry. A new AHIP data brief
finds that
as hospital consolidation increases, so too do premiums.
There are significant positive correlations between premiums and
the level of hospital concentration in Missouri, Georgia, and
Ohio. In the most heavily provider-consolidated areas of
Georgia, premiums were 35 percent to 52 percent higher than in
markets with less provider consolidation. That means consumers
paid an extra $952 to $1,495 a year for insurance coverage just
because they lived in areas of the state with little-to-no
hospital competition. ... Read More
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