Posted on: 30th Jul 2014 | Posted in: News
By Electa Draper The Denver Post Consumers might not like the trend among insurance carriers to control costs and reduce premiums by narrowing their choices of doctors and hospitals, but it’s one of the few tools that payers have left. Under the Affordable Care Act, insurers can’t cut costs by discriminating against people with pre-existing conditions. They can’t offer spare coverage because health care reform mandates minimum essential elements. Instead, insurers or payers are turning to narrow or “high value”... View Article
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Ascent Family Medicine, a Successful Family Medicine Practice in Denver Joins New West July 1st
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Read MorePosted on: 28th May 2014 | Posted in: News
Success Story: New West Physicians Since its inception in 1994, quality improvement has been a major focus and commitment for NewWest Physicians, a physician-owned primary care practice group in the Denver, Coloradometropolitan area. Each year, significant funding is dedicated to studies that explore and improveoutcomes for multiple primary care related conditions. Hypertension has been a sole focus threetimes and is often intertwined with diabetes and heart disease studies. For more than a decade, the group has successfully moved the needle... View Article
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Read MorePosted on: 22nd May 2014 | Posted in: News, Videos
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Celebrating 20 years of providing quality healthcare to patients
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Read MorePosted on: 20th May 2014 | Posted in: General Health and Wellness, News
by Michael Booth, Photography by James Chance Health Care is Just Too Hard to Use … and It’s Not Your Fault.Health Elevations Spring 2014 Feature By Michael BoothPhotography by James Chance Walter Mossberg shook up the technology world by originating that phrasing in 1991. The computers he was talking about have gotten better – you could now run NASA from an iPhone – but health care has not. Patients with little more than a sore throat or a panic attack... View Article
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Read MorePosted on: 16th May 2014 | Posted in: News
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Dr. Ken Cohen, MD, F.A.C.P – Chief Medical Director New West Physicians
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– Dr. Ken Cohen, MD, F.A.C.P – Chief Medical Director New West Physicians Honored
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Read MorePosted on: 16th Apr 2014 | Posted in: News
EMT’s Save a Life
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Read MorePosted on: 29th Aug 2013 | Posted in: News
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Ruth Benton, CEO of New West Physicians quoted in Forbes UnitedHealth Group, the nation’s largest health insurance company, says it will more than double–to $50 billion annually–the value of contracts it has with doctors and hospitals based on quality and cost efficiency measures within five years… Full Article on Forbes
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Read MorePosted on: 03rd Jun 2013 | Posted in: Uncategorized
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Collaboration key to affordable, more satisfying visits to the doctor By DP Opinion By Beth Soberg and Ruth BentonGuest Commentary Colorado, like the rest of the country, faces challenges in improving access to quality care and managing costs. A recent study from the New America Foundation and the University of Denver suggests Colorado’s health care costs are the seventh highest in the nation, and if we fail to act, those costs will continue to grow at twice the rate of... View Article
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Read MorePosted on: 07th May 2013 | Posted in: Uncategorized
Transforming reimbursements Tuesday, May 07, 2013 01:05 PM This article was featured in the May/June 2013 Colorado Medicine. Anthem’s new program aims to impact quality and cost of primary care Elizabeth Kraft, MD, Medical Director, Anthem BCBS in Colorado Amidst all the changes in health care reform and health information technology, one key understanding has remained true: primary care is fundamental to a highly effective health care delivery system. Research tells us that primary care providers (PCPs) are in the... View Article
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