About one quarter of total pharmaceutical spending in the commercial market is devoted to specialty medications. If current trends hold, spending on specialty medications may comprise half of all pharmaceutical spending by 2018 for commercial health care plans. These trends have invited the scrutiny of plan sponsors. To control spending, many... read more →
Jul
15
Jun
25
The Affordable Care Act supports the growth of accountable care organizations (ACOs) as a potentially powerful model for health care delivery and payment. The model focuses on primary care. However, surgeons and other specialists have a large role to play in caring for ACOs’ patients. No studies have yet investigated... read more →
May
25
Paint a picture of the U.S. healthcare system and you see a complex network of clinics, hospitals and providers; a confusing array of payers; rising costs and increasing demand for services…and this is just the beginning. To its customers, the U.S. healthcare system can seem daunting; when these customers are... read more →
Apr
28
Why should health systems drive integrated population management programs? As a result of the changing and uncertain healthcare environment, organizations are facing economic and regulatory pressures forcing them to cut down on costs and spending. With hospitals now being penalized for readmissions, healthcare systems are aiming to better integrate and... read more →
Mar
14
In the last few years, growth in healthcare spending has begun to moderate, fueled in part by Medicare’s shift toward new forms of payment based on outcomes and quality. But short-sighted regulations proposed last week would impose dramatic cuts to Medicare Advantage (MA) that may stifle this exciting transformation. Many... read more →
Feb
15
The US healthcare system has reached a tipping point and is in the midst of a significant transformation. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPCA) is being implemented in response to the increasing number of people with chronic illness; the need to take care of a growing... read more →
Dec
22
Our story began in 1998. Sixteen years ago, John Strapp and Sarah McNulty identified an opportunity to revolutionize diabetes care through innovative approaches to the traditional patient/provider programs. Driven by an entrepreneurial spirit, John and Sarah founded Kinetix, a company rooted in vital relationships with clinical providers, practical and creative... read more →