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Black Book releases EHR rankings for medical specialties
The most popular vendors differed widely across the different specialties.
By Ana Mulero • June 5, 2017 -
Provider groups ask Medicare Advantage be counted as APM under MACRA in 2019
The groups requested that the agency include MA for the 5% Quality Payment Program bonus in 2019 and 2020.
By Les Masterson • June 5, 2017 -
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Hospitals are still struggling with provider burnout, after the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated underlying staffing issues and prompted workers to quit their jobs.
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Outcome Health snags $500M in its first funding round
Investors include Goldman Sachs, Leerink Transformation Partners and Alphabet’s CapitalG
By Ana Mulero , Meg Bryant • June 2, 2017 -
CHS continues divestitures with sale of 5 PA hospitals
The deals are part of a major restructuring CHS put in place last year to reduce about $15 billion in debt — stemming in part from its 2014 purchase of Health Management Associates for $7.5 billion.
By Jeff Byers • June 2, 2017 -
AMA: Share of doctor-owned practices drops below 50%
Physician burnout and recent regulatory reforms are driving more doctors to work for other employers, according to the AMA's findings.
By Meg Bryant • June 1, 2017 -
Deep Dive
4 strategies for providers to collect on outstanding patient balances
Practices only collect 12% of outstanding balances at the time of service, according to new data from athenahealth.
By Jeff Byers • May 31, 2017 -
Cleveland Clinic to grow Ohio footprint with Union Hospital acquisition
The providers will seek to onboard the Dover, Ohio-based Union Hospital by Jan. 1, 2018.
By Jeff Byers • May 26, 2017 -
Drug supply shortage forces upheaval, care dilemmas on US hospitals
In seeking lower supply prices, group purchasing organizations decreased their ability to mitigate risk as drug manufacturers consolidated operations.
By Jennifer McKevitt • May 25, 2017 -
South Carolina physicians upset over RVU payment plan
The Medical University of South Carolina Hospital will soon pay about 1,000 physicians based on the number of patients they treat rather than how much money each department generates.
By Les Masterson • May 22, 2017 -
Study: Patients of older doctors have higher mortality rates
The rates increased to 11.1% with doctors in their 40s, 11.3% for those in their 50s and 12.1% for those over 60.
By Ana Mulero , Les Masterson • May 17, 2017 -
Survey: Value-based care shift is C-suite leaders' top strategic concern
A majority of surveyed U.S. healthcare executives don't think the Trump administration will slow down the move to value-based care.
By Meg Bryant • May 16, 2017 -
More than 800K physicians get MACRA reporting reprieve for 2017
The change came after the CMS used an updated formula to estimate providers' Medicare revenue.
By Les Masterson • May 14, 2017 -
Report: Seniors healthier, but retirement savings will matter for future results
Nearly three-fourths of working adults age 50 to 64 and 62% of retired seniors over 65 have not built up adequate health savings to meet future needs.
By Meg Bryant • May 12, 2017 -
Optum sees path to Mass. market with Reliant purchase
Reliant officials said in a release that aligning with Optum would allow the medical group to expand and grow, modernize clinical facilities, attract top medical talent and access advanced data analytics.
By Meg Bryant • May 12, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Nurses are burnt out. Here's how hospitals can help
Studies have found that overworked nurses lead to more medical errors and lower patient satisfaction.
By Les Masterson • May 12, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Some hospitals may not survive AHCA: 3 thoughts on the House vote from a healthcare attorney
"We're going to see a crisis in access to care. We're going to have care deserts," if the AHCA is passed as written, said Delphine O'Rourke, a managing partner at Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman.
By Jeff Byers • May 5, 2017 -
Advocate Health Care preps $200M cuts amid financial pressure
The news follows a failed merger with the Northshore University HealthSystem.
By Jeff Byers • May 5, 2017 -
Deep Dive
The care delivery times are 'a-changin': The need for competition in a consolidating hospital industry
"It's important to have policies in place that enable and support competition so healthcare markets can work as well as they possibly can," Martin Gaynor, an economist at Carnegie Mellon University, recently told Healthcare Dive.
By Jeff Byers • May 3, 2017 -
JAMA: Physicians received $2.4B in industry-related payments in 2015
Surgeons received a “higher value of payments” than primary care doctors, as did male physicians compared to female physicians.
By Les Masterson • May 2, 2017 -
Deep Dive
How patient portals can improve patient engagement
“There are a lot of workflow challenges, and the low bar within Meaningful Use hasn’t motivated a lot of practices to try and promote [portal] adoption and use,” says Chilmark Research’s Brian Eastwood.
By Meg Bryant • April 27, 2017 -
Partners Healthcare, Persistent Systems to develop open-source platform
The digital platform will be based on SMART and FHIR specifications.
By Meg Bryant • April 26, 2017 -
Compensation report highlights pay disparities based on gender, geography
Rural and lower cost cities tended to have higher physician compensation than higher cost areas, Doximity's Physician Compensation Report found.
By Jeff Byers • April 26, 2017 -
Report: Physician assistants' salaries average more than $100K
Physician assistants in specialties like dermatology, emergency medicine and critical care medicine command the highest salaries, the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants reported.
By Meg Bryant • April 25, 2017 -
PlushCare unveils 'first-ever' EMR for telehealth
The online urgent care company hopes to alleviate administrative burden with the physician-designed product.
By Ana Mulero • April 21, 2017 -
Healthcare leaders crown employee cybersecurity awareness as primary threat concern
Most healthcare organizations use a variety of methods to mitigate cybersecurity risks, a survey conducted by HIMSS Analytics for Level 3 Communications found.
By Meg Bryant • April 20, 2017
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