Despite the best medical advances and ongoing cutting edge
research, our current health care system is not designed to help individuals
consistently receive the best care available, engage communities in advancing
healthy lifestyles, and control health care costs. Overutilization of services
with questionable benefits, underutilization of services frequently needed, and
variations across providers in how health care is delivered continue to
negatively impact our health care system.
Health plans are working in partnership with physicians,
hospitals, and other clinicians to help change the delivery system by offering
decision support tools, exchange of key health information that helps providers
recognize gaps in care, and innovative payment models that focus on paying for
improved patient care and not volume of services provided. Health plans play a
unique role in these partnerships that emphasize collaborations across multiple
health care settings.
Latest Resources
Map of the U.S. showing private sector alternative delivery and payment activity by state – patient centered medical home, accountable care arrangements, bundled or episode of care, and comprehensive global payment models.
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Clinical Affairs
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02/15/2013
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the United States, with more than one in four people dying from heart disease every year. People of all backgrounds are affected, and heart disease is influenced by many factors. Research shows a clustering of these factors puts people at increased risk for poor health outcomes.
Reports/Research/White Papers
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09/18/2012
As payment and delivery system reform expands across the country, it is critical that public sector initiatives complement and build upon the successful efforts currently underway in the private sector, according to an article in the latest edition of Health Affairs.
Press Releases
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Strategic Communications
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09/04/2012
Fact Sheets/Issue Briefs/Talking Points
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Strategic Communications
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07/13/2012
America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) and member health plans are actively engaged in developing innovative strategies to improve the health of children and reduce the risks associated with obesity.
Reports/Research/White Papers
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Clinical Affairs
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07/11/2012
Health Plan Innovations in Worksite Wellness
Health Plan Innovations in Worksite Wellness
Americans spend a large part of
their day – and their lives – at work.
Reports/Research/White Papers
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Clinical Affairs
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06/19/2012
Immunization Innovations Immunization Innovations Welcome to Immunization Innovations , AHIP’s online compendia of pioneering programs and leading best practices for measuring and improving immunization rates.
Fact Sheets/Issue Briefs/Talking Points
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Clinical Affairs
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04/19/2012
The private sector is improving health care quality and affordability through the use of alternative approaches to transform care delivery. This issue brief highlights key elements of these approaches such as patient-centered medical home, accountable care and bundled/episode-based models that health plans have implemented in partnership with providers.
Fact Sheets/Issue Briefs/Talking Points
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Clinical Affairs
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01/11/2012
Each year more than 200,000 people are hospitalized from flu. Dont let the flu interrupt your time together.
PSA
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10/03/2011
New health care delivery and payment models in the private sector are being shaped by active collaboration between health insurance plans and providers, according to a new study by America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) that appears in the September edition of Health Affairs.
News Articles
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Strategic Communications
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09/08/2011