Practice Management
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Deep DiveKey 2020 trends for payers and providers
No matter who wins the White House come November, healthcare experts say the push to reimburse providers for value and the aim for greater transparency surrounding prices will keep moving ahead.
By Samantha Liss • Jan. 17, 2020 -
Deep DiveWill more employers get off the healthcare bench in 2020?
"At the end of the day, employers have to put their hands on the steering wheel as purchasers of healthcare," Suzanne Delbanco, executive director of Catalyst for Payment Reform, said.
By Rebecca Pifer • Jan. 14, 2020 -
Primary care chain One Medical files to go public
The company reported a $34.2 million loss through the first nine months of 2019. Investors include The Carlyle Group with a roughly 27% stake and Google parent Alphabet with about 6%.
By Samantha Liss • Jan. 06, 2020 -
CMS wants to overhaul how organs are procured in the US
The agency estimates if all procurement groups met both the new donation and transplantation rate measures, the number of yearly transplants would shoot up more than 15% by 2026.
By Rebecca Pifer • Dec. 17, 2019 -
SponsoredCare coordination: Many patient touchpoints, 1 strategy for success
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Digital assistant Notable nets large system deal with CommonSpirit
Notable's voice-enabled assistant allows physicians to automatically document conversations with patients via their Apple Watch. Voice-to-text and AI products are fueling growth in the lucrative medical documentation space.
By Rebecca Pifer • Dec. 12, 2019 -
Nonprofit hospitals get bump in Moody's ratings for 2020
The investor service predicts a healthier sector in the new year, though health systems will still contend with headwinds like rising labor costs, an aging population and political uncertainty.
By Rebecca Pifer • UPDATED: Dec. 11, 2019 at 9:01 a.m. -
Dive Awards
The Healthcare Dive Awards for 2019
From the Affordable Care Act lawsuit to CVS Health CEO Larry Merlo, these are the companies, executives and movements that shaped U.S. healthcare this year.
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Disparities between care in rural, urban areas getting worse
"The game is rigged," Janice Probst, a professor at the University of South Carolina's Arnold School of Public Health, said. "If we don't change the game, we never win."
By Rebecca Pifer • Dec. 04, 2019 -
Troubled Quorum Health mulls going private with PE firm KKR
The board of the Community Health Systems spinoff said it will "carefully consider" the private equity giant's offer, which includes a buyout of minority stakeholders for $1 a share.
By Rebecca Pifer • Dec. 03, 2019 -
Depression in doctors linked to increase in medical errors, study finds
The authors of the study in JAMA Network Open urged healthcare institutions to remove barriers that may keep doctors suffering with depression from obtaining help.
By Ron Shinkman • Dec. 02, 2019 -
Walgreens, UnitedHealthcare team up to open in-store Medicare centers
The move comes as rival retailers like CVS and Walmart devote more floor space to health services. The 14 stores will open next year in five metro areas.
By Samantha Liss • Nov. 26, 2019 -
AMA ushers in LGBTQ, immigration, other new policies
The influential physician group's House of Delegates voted to update training guidelines on topics like treating gays and lesbians and how the healthcare financing system works.
By Samantha Liss • Nov. 20, 2019 -
Providers take next step in social determinants: hyperlocalism
Industry can "help others have an uncomfortable dialogue about what is truly driving health outcomes in this country," Atrium Health's Alisahah Cole said at the Healthcare of Tomorrow conference.
By Shannon Muchmore • Nov. 19, 2019 -
Providers shell out $2.76B annually to update directories
Medical practices spend nearly $1,000 per month updating lists of insurers' in-network providers, according to a new report from an alliance of big payers.
By Linda Wilson • Nov. 14, 2019 -
Deep DiveFrom telehealth to 'Medicare for All': takeaways from HLTH19
All of Healthcare Dive's coverage from the health innovation conference's second year.
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Deep Dive
Retail makes its case, telehealth and voice tech dominate: 6 takeaways from HLTH19
Consumerism has its limits, interoperability rules face execution challenges and more from Las Vegas.
By Rebecca Pifer • Nov. 06, 2019 -
Haven partners with traditional payers in plans offered to Amazon, JPM workers
The nonprofit formed early last year to tackle rising employee healthcare costs spooked established players but has since given few details about how it might accomplish its goals.
By Rebecca Pifer • Nov. 05, 2019 -
Deep DiveHLTH19: Telehealth seeks to move beyond flu, but stymied by regulations
"I think we're past the tipping point of where virtual care becomes expected or embedded," Teladoc COO David Sides said at the conference. "I don't think you can put the genie back in the bottle."
By Rebecca Pifer • Nov. 01, 2019 -
Teladoc revenues, visits rise on heels of UnitedHealth contract
The virtual health company had the greatest population expansion in its history in the third quarter and now expects total U.S. paid membership to be about 35 million for the full year.
By Linda Wilson • Oct. 31, 2019 -
AI voice tech startup Suki partners with Google Cloud
Suki's CEO told Healthcare Dive the digital assistant will be announcing two "very, very large" deployments with major U.S. health systems in the next month or so.
By Rebecca Pifer • Oct. 30, 2019 -
Google eyes AI to cut hospital red tape, move providers beyond 'data clerks'
Former Geisinger chief David Feinberg laid out the search giant's health vision at HLTH on Monday, including pushing the movement to outpatient care.
By Rebecca Pifer • Oct. 29, 2019 -
Facebook launches preventive care tool in tandem with healthcare groups
Though Facebook's head of healthcare promised the social media giant wouldn't sell or use the personal health information, the announcement is likely to rile consumer privacy groups.
By Rebecca Pifer • Oct. 28, 2019 -
Uber lands EHR deal with Cerner
The partnership announced Sunday at the HLTH conference will allow clients to schedule non-emergency medical transportation for their patients in the ride-hailing giant's first EHR integration.
By Rebecca Pifer • Oct. 28, 2019 -
Mastercard launches new healthcare unit on billing, data security
New products include predictive analytics built into a health system's billing platform, allowing the provider to personalize patient payment plans, and AI tech to detect suspicious claims activity and fraud.
By Rebecca Pifer • Oct. 27, 2019
