Health Care Business Blogs
How Disney is disrupting Orlando healthcare
American employers experimenting with direct provider contracts usually do it on a small scale, but Walt Disney World Resorts in Orlando is fully committing with provider HMOs that insure most of the company’s Orlando workforce.
Physician practice ownership set for transformation as COVID-19 strains finances
Many physician offices in the United States have struggled financially due to COVID-19-related losses, fostering changes that may influence healthcare access patterns in the future.
Will consolidation in Chicago force more risk-sharing in the future?
Chicago health systems traditionally align with one of the city’s famous neighborhoods, but these geographic barriers are melting away as consolidation fever infects the city.
Health Care Business Analysis
Seattle Market Overview – Highlights
Seattle’s top health care players vie for control in a market dominated by large clinically integrated networks.
Advocate Aurora Profile
Advocate Aurora propels the transition to value-based contracts.
Chicago Market Overview
A trailblazer market for value-based contracting, Chicago’s numerous ACOs and integrated delivery networks re-tool their business strategies to handle the pressure of risk-based contracting.
Consumer Health Care
When Your Kids with Bleeding Disorders Get Sick
Getting sick is a natural part of childhood, but when a child with hemophilia catches a nasty bug, parents need to take special precautions.
How to Healthily Experience Emotions after Trauma
Staying mentally healthy after trauma takes time and patience. People who go through a traumatic event may deal with it in different ways, but it is important to know that recovery will take time and strong emotions are normal.
Business Articles
Kent’s Liquid Crystal Cluster Creates More Jobs
Liquid crystal displays largely began in Northeast Ohio, and technology insiders are working to boost the technology cluster that surrounds them with more innovation.
Advances at Ark-Tex Hospitals Boost Care and Business
Northeast Texas residents rely on the area’s cutting-edge hospital network for top-notch medical service, but local hospitals are also bringing an economic boost, as health care becomes a burgeoning industry for communities throughout the region.
White Papers
FRN Research Report February/March 2012: Treatment Outcomes for Prescription Drug Addiction at Michael’s House
While the use of illegal drugs like cocaine and heroin is falling, more people are using prescription drugs non-medically. The rate of prescription drug abuse in the United States is now second to marijuana, and the Obama administration calls the non-medical use of these drugs an epidemic.
FRN Research Report January 2012: Treatment Outcomes for Opiate Addiction at La Paloma
A growing opiate abuse epidemic has highlighted the need for effective treatment options. This study documents treatment outcomes for 444 patients with co-occurring opiate use and mental health disorders receiving residential treatment at La Paloma Treatment Center.
Health Plan Business Reports
North Carolina/South Carolina Health Plan Analysis
South Carolina’s largest insurer makes weathering the recession look easy, in part because it is much more than a small-state Blue plan.