Patient Outcomes

How to Reduce Obesity Rates, Increase HEDIS Quality Scores

by Vera Gruessner

When attempting to improve provider performance on HEDIS quality scores, healthcare payers may need to pick and choose the quality measures that could be realistically raised. For example, childhood...

Cigna Boosts Outcomes Despite Affordable Care Act Obstacles

by Vera Gruessner

With many health payers experiencing significant challenges while operating through the health insurance exchanges and adhering to various provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,...