The Integrated Care Online team recently had the opportunity to discuss with Margie Balfour, MD, PhD, Chief of Quality and Clinical Innovation at Connections Health Solutions (Connections), her experience adapting to changes within the Arizona Medicaid Managed Care market. “It’s […]

Integrated care organizations are the most effective clinical settings for serving consumers experiencing complex physical health, behavioral health, and social issues, and who have high rates of emergency department (E.D.) and inpatient utilization or readmissions, referred to as “super-users.”1,2,3 But […]

Do electronic health record systems (EHRs) reduce costs? It depends on who you ask. In a recent survey, 1,100 health care professionals were asked to assess the digital return on investment (ROI) in EHRs, and 61% of respondents responded with […]

The United States has seen a relatively slow increase in spending on health care per capita over the past several years. However, policy analysts and health economists are projecting a significant trend upwards of 5.5%, year over year, in spending […]