Disease Management news and information

Obesity is still rising, but at a slower pace, which some experts say may be a sign people are finally responding to a smattering of policy initiatives and an outpouring of national concern.
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The doctors of Cornerstone Health Care in High Point, N.C., understand more than most the risk behind healthcare's push to overhaul payment policy.
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Commercial insurers participating in accountable care arrangements are less likely than Medicare to use payment models featuring the “upside-only” shared savings preferred by providers.
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Economists and policymakers are puzzling over how big an impact the Great Recession and its aftermath are having on reducing healthcare spending, whether the economic upswing will unleash pent-up demand for care, and whether the current lower spending is actually good for Americans' health.
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A World Health Organization official said Sunday that it wasn't surprising that a new strain of bird flu has spread to China's capital after sickening dozens in the eastern part of the country.
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Gene-sequencing technologies may help providers identify and characterize bacterial pathogens during an outbreak, such as the E. coli outbreak in Germany that sickened thousands of people in 2011.
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Lifespan Corp. and insurer UnitedHealthcare will launch an “accountable coordinated-care organization” in Rhode Island on July 1.
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The state of Arkansas's health system transformation was given a significant financial boost from the state's largest company, Wal-Mart Stores, which committed to providing $670,000 to help underwrite the work of the Arkansas Health Care Payment Improvement Initiative.
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Primary-care doctors provide superior care for patients with diabetes, according to a new study.
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The rate of flu vaccinations among hospital workers in November increased to 83.4% from 77.8% a year earlier, although figures were static for the overall healthcare workforce and the general public.
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