Athenahealth tries to 'flip the script' with platform bet

"Our aspiration and the reason I’m still around is because I want to build a platform company," CEO Jonathan Bush told Healthcare Dive.

By Jeff Byers • Feb. 15, 2018

Amazon could shake up healthcare supply chains

While its ambitions aren't well known, the company’s famous (or infamous) disruption could find an entry point in hospital supply chains for a few reasons.

By Jeff Byers , Shannon Muchmore • Feb. 14, 2018

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Payer/provider relationships

As M&A intensifies and companies embrace more holistic and value-based care models, partnerships have become more closely intertwined.

By Healthcare Dive staff

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

Amazon pilot provides medical supplies to Midwest hospital system: WSJ

The retail giant is looking to build out its healthcare supply chain business.

By Jeff Byers • Feb. 13, 2018

Walgreens weighs buying drug distributor AmerisourceBergen

A successful deal would give the retailer greater control over its drug supply chain. 

By Shefali Kapadia • Feb. 13, 2018

CMS ends Obama policy requiring docs to rewrite students' medical notes

Starting March 5, physicians will only need to verify the information.  

By Les Masterson • Feb. 12, 2018

Kaiser 2017 revenue up 11%, buoyed by Group Health buy

Total operating revenue was $72.2 billion in 2017.

By Jeff Byers • Feb. 12, 2018

Maker of Oxycontin to halt opioid promotion to doctors

Purdue Pharma faces intense criticism, as well as legal challenges, for the role its marketing of prescription painkillers may have played in shaping the opioid epidemic.

By Ned Pagliarulo • Feb. 12, 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

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

Physician practices not flocking to CPC+

Just 165 practices have signed up to participate in round two of the CMS public-private partnership.

By Meg Bryant • Jan. 31, 2018

Health industry not immune to workplace sexual harassment

"One of the big picture ways to address or prevent sexual harassment in the workplace is just to push for more gender parity," says the American Psychological Association’s David Ballard.

By Meg Bryant • Jan. 31, 2018

AHA launches new bid for better doctor relations

The program is aimed at improving physician-leadership relations, clinician wellness and population health initiatives.

By Shannon Muchmore • Jan. 29, 2018

The promise of smart healthcare

How do we use technology to build human connections, to build trust with our patients and let them know we care deeply about them?

Jan. 25, 2018

Most top hospital online reviews are lukewarm or negative

An analysis of thousands of online reviews on Yelp found the vast majority of complaints are not connected to quality of care.  

By Les Masterson • Jan. 19, 2018

More than half of US physicians burned out, new study finds

Burnout continues to permeate throughout the healthcare workforce, with physicians, intensivists, internists and OB-GYN experiencing the highest rates, according to a new Medscape report.

By Jeff Byers • Jan. 18, 2018

Hospitals, payers and docs collaborate on prior authorization

Trade groups for major healthcare players say they share a "commitment to industry-wide improvements to prior authorization processes and patient-centered care."  

By Les Masterson • Jan. 17, 2018

Providers fight back in court against online reviews

"If your feelings are hurt or you think the person is just being mean, I don't think the court is going to grant that," says healthcare attorney Erika Adler.

By Meg Bryant • Jan. 17, 2018

Brown University makes alternative Care New England bid

CNE is still in exclusive merger discussions with Partners but Brown's president stated that deal "would be wrong for Rhode Island and for Brown."

By Jeff Byers • Jan. 16, 2018

CBO analyzes pricing disparities between physician services, Medicare

The agency compared the prices three major insurers paid for common services against Medicare's fee-for-service program. The difference is substantial.

By Tony Abraham • Jan. 16, 2018

Physician practices see increased operating losses, survey shows

Total losses per physician grew from a median of $95,000 in 2016 to nearly $141,000 last year.

By Meg Bryant • Jan. 11, 2018

Survey: 11% of acute care facilities are switching EHR vendors

Epic has the most customers, with 61% of acute care facilities and 22% of ambulatory ones.

By Meg Bryant • Jan. 11, 2018

AMA says doctor job growth not likely to meet future demand

Hospital and office-based physicians are helping add healthcare jobs, but not enough within their own ranks as the national demand for physicians mounts. 

By Tony Abraham • Jan. 8, 2018

37 state and local minimum-wage increases take effect nationwide

Minimum wage increases in 18 states and 19 cities are now in effect, with more set for later in the year.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Jan. 2, 2018

CMS updates hospital star ratings formula

The agency said the methodology changes will result in broader distribution of the ratings, increased reliability and more stable estimates.

By Shannon Muchmore • Dec. 22, 2017