Physicians are increasingly becoming salaried employees of hospitals or large physician groups. Yet few published reports have evaluated provider-driven quality incentive programs for salaried ...

Construction of a composite measure, use of a summary disparity statistic, and measure selection are key considerations in the design of equity-focused payment programs. Objectives: We aimed to ...

At least 700 women in the United States die every year from pregnancy-related causes. That number represents 700 mothers, daughters, sisters, and friends lost too soon. In New York, maternal mortality ...

Nearly a decade ago, I fled the Republic of Congo, pregnant and with a toddler in tow, seeking asylum and a new life here in the Capital Region. When I arrived, members of the area’s African community ...

This critical program boosts equity in the health care system; full funding will help improve health outcomes for New Yorkers statewide. Credit: Getty Images. The disparities in our health care system ...

2025 DEC 18 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News-- Fresh data on Managed Care are presented in a new report. According to news reporting out of Baltimore, Maryland, ...

A quality incentive program that directs add-on funding only to nursing homes that enhance care and perform well on a series of patient metrics could be a lifeline for hundreds of facilities facing ...