Significant additional outreach and engagement strategies and incentives are likely required to increase adoption and ongoing use of health risk assessment tools among target populations. We designed ...

Medicare Advantage plans have come under fire for upcoding that can increase the payouts they receive, and regulators point to health risk assessments as a likely culprit in this increase in coding ...

Some limits on how the assessments are used for adding new diagnosis codes might be justified to ensure Medicare Advantage plans aren’t overpaid, researchers wrote. Under MA, insurers contract with ...

The Health Risk Assessment (HRA) is a free, confidential questionnaire about your diet, exercise, smoking, drinking and other lifestyle behaviors. Everyone who completes the HRA will be able to obtain ...

One the most challenging areas facing healthcare organizations today is the decision to adopt an electronic health records system. This decision involves significant financial resources and time ...

The Department of Health and Human Services made headlines in October with a report detailing problems with health risk assessments used by Medicare Advantage insurers. The Office of Inspector General ...

Chemical regulations exist to safeguard human and environmental health throughout a substance’s life cycle (manufacture, intended use phase, and disposal). Regulatory decisions require scientific ...

In March, 2008, the Associated Press published a three-part series reporting pharmaceuticals detected in the drinking water of 24 U.S. metropolitan areas serving approximately 41 million people. This ...

The HOLiFOOD consortium is reimagining food safety risk assessment for the benefit of all stakeholders in the food chain ...

Despite the challenges, the future of construction holds tremendous promise. New technologies, sustainable practices and smarter risk management are driving greater efficiency, safety and value.