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Survey: 80% of payers taking steps to address social determinants of health
Healthcare leaders now see high deductible health plans as a negative incentive with little effect in changing consumer behavior.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 14, 2018 -
Rules, paperwork burdens 'untenable' for family physicians, report says
American Academy of Family Physicians is calling on CMS and ONC to adopt seven consensus principles to cut administrative load.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 13, 2018 -
Trendline
Artificial intelligence
Amid mounting interest and investment in the space, it's clear AI’s applications in healthcare will only continue to grow.
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Smorgasbord of health items in massive 2-year budget deal
The agreement staving off an extended government shutdown includes a delay to Disproportionate Share Hospital payment cuts, a repeal of the ACA's Independent Payment Advisory Board and more funding to fight the opioid crisis.
By David Lim • Feb. 9, 2018 -
Judge rejects whistleblower lawsuit involving Epic billing software
The case was brought by a former compliance review specialist at WakeMed Health.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 8, 2018 -
Deep Dive
Hospitals turn to chatbots, AI for care
"The real goal of the virtual assistant is to … reduce costs and improve the outcomes and efficiency of the healthcare system," Sense.ly’s Adam Odessky said.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 8, 2018 -
Former GE exec Immelt joins athenahealth as board chair
The health IT company has been shaking up its senior management structure since an activist investor disclosed a 9.2% interest in the company in May.
By Jeff Byers • Feb. 8, 2018 -
Kansas considers telehealth parity bill
The bill, introduced last month, has strong support from providers and insurers in the state.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 7, 2018 -
Partners notifies 2.6K patients affected in data breach
The health system said it is not aware of any misuse of patient information.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 7, 2018 -
Management organizations can play key role in ACOs
A Health Affairs report found partnerships helped providers in ACOs with data, administrative, educational and care coordination services.
By Les Masterson • Feb. 7, 2018 -
Industry blasts FDA Clinical Decision Software draft
A group that includes software providers, medical device makers and drugmakers says that if implemented, the draft guide would "force many sellers of existing CDS software to remove their products from the market."
By David Lim • Feb. 7, 2018 -
Cerner hits record bookings, looks to pop health for growth
President Zane Burke on the earnings call highlighted the company's revenue cycle and pop health strategies for 2018.
By Jeff Byers • Feb. 7, 2018 -
Rideshares fail to reduce patient no-show rates, study shows
A number of hospitals and health systems have partnered with Uber and Lyft in an attempt to help people get to appointments.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 6, 2018 -
Varied uptake in e-consults at New England VA facilities: Health Affairs
The researchers looked at use of anesthesiology e-consults for preoperative evaluation.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 6, 2018 -
Opinion
HCC: The 3-letter word that can build payer-provider trust and improve quality
One of the fundamentals of best-practice disease management is to have patients with chronic conditions regularly check in with the appropriate provider to discuss their treatment plans and health, writes Rodrigo Martinez, SVP of consulting at Advisory Board Company.
By Rodrigo Martinez • Feb. 5, 2018 -
Pop health, analytics driving change in medical imaging market, report says
Strategies are needed to help smaller provider groups increase their imaging productivity and boost revenues, according to Frost & Sullivan.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 2, 2018 -
Athenahealth posts 13% revenue jump in 2017
CFO Marc Levine said top line growth was driven by a 15% rise in providers on its network.
By Jeff Byers • Feb. 2, 2018 -
Healthcare cloud computing market on track for $35B by 2022
Driving growth is the demand for anywhere, anytime access to health data.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 1, 2018 -
Digital health to reverse downward M&A trend this year, analyst predicts
In a host of 2018 predictions, CB Insights Senior Intelligence Analyst Nikhil Krishnan said virtual trials will increase in frequency.
By Jeff Byers • Feb. 1, 2018 -
Epic gives providers more tools in new interoperability push
The platform includes the ability to book patients directly into a provider's schedule and search patient data across organizations and across notes and documents.
By Jeff Byers • Feb. 1, 2018 -
Oscar reports 32% rise in members' telehealth use
Two-thirds of members’ medical encounters in 2017 occurred virtually.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 1, 2018 -
Text messages increase Rx refill rates, study shows
The study looked at medication adherence of Medicare patients at a large Southern California health system.
By Meg Bryant • Jan. 31, 2018 -
Deep Dive
How Amazon, JPM, Berkshire could disrupt healthcare (or not)
News of three corporate giants forming an independent healthcare company "proves every business is a healthcare business," said David Vivero, CEO of the digital health startup Amino.
By Shannon Muchmore, Daphne Howland & Jeff Byers • Jan. 31, 2018 -
Amazon, JPM, Berkshire form new company to tackle health costs
The corporate giants gave few details about the new venture, but said the initial focus will be technology solutions to provide their stateside employees with high-quality, low-cost healthcare.
By Shannon Muchmore • Jan. 30, 2018 -
Hospitals turn to mobile devices to cut costs, study shows
Nurses link mobile devices to better communications, fewer medication errors.
By Meg Bryant • Jan. 30, 2018 -
Florida practice sues Allscripts after ransomware attack
Surfside Non-Surgical Orthopedics alleges Allscripts knew it was vulnerable to a potential attack, but didn't protect itself properly.
By Les Masterson • Jan. 29, 2018
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