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Leaders in healthcare draw attention to the myriad ways cloud computing technology is transforming healthcare.
Leaders in healthcare draw attention to the myriad ways cloud computing technology is transforming healthcare.
Healthcare providers could be losing up to $265 billion each year on avoidable administration costs. A recent investigation by the Washington Post and McKinsey & […]
Of the billions of dollars provided by the government to support providers during the pandemic, $11.7 billion has been allocated but not spent, $7.1 billion […]
The bill, if enacted into law, will establish an electronic prior authorization process and require Medicare Advantage plans to report on their use of prior […]
This is the fourth in a series of blog posts that will highlight how the patient journey has evolved since the onset of COVID-19. In […]
About 73% of health insurance markets are highly concentrated, and in 46% of markets, one insurer had a share of 50% or more, a new […]
The company, which provides revenue cycle management solutions for providers, is filing for the IPO less than two years after Bon Secours Mercy Health sold […]
Truveta, a company owned by 17 U.S. health systems, will build its data analytics solution on the Microsoft Azure cloud computing platform. Microsoft will also […]
The reimbursement model for remote patient monitoring needs to evolve as it may be holding providers back from investing in these programs, according to panelists […]
The maternal care startup is backed by major health systems including MemorialCare Health System, whose innovation arm led the most recent funding round. Babyscripts offers […]
Now, Covid-19 vaccine administrators can earn an additional $35 per vaccination for up to five Medicare beneficiaries who live in a communal living space, like […]
The NowPow referral platform, which is integrated into the New Jersey-based health system’s EHR, will enable clinicians and other care team members to provide patients […]
The pandemic made collaboration necessary between stakeholders that otherwise tend to be at odds with each other. But as partnerships grow, providers, payers and pharma […]
The law, which will take effect in September, prohibits payers from requiring pre-approval from certain providers. While providers believe the law will cut administrative burdens, […]
“The entire healthcare industry was turned upside down by the pandemic. Procedures were pushed back, insurance companies gave policy holders a lot of mixed information. […]
The model can be used to outline the steps involved in a ransomware attack and thereby enabling healthcare providers to block the attackers themselves at […]
With a goal of making precision medicine the standard of care at health systems, Sema4 struck a nearly $800 million deal with CM Life Sciences […]
Provider organizations accounted for 73% of all data breaches reported to the HHS in the first six months of 2021, impacting about 22.7 million individuals […]
The company will use the funds to develop new solutions and tools that can identify and correct anomalies in providers’ revenue cycle processes and automate […]
Though telehealth use has dropped since hitting its peak last April, it has stabilized at a much higher level than before the pandemic, says a […]
HHS, along with other federal agencies, have released the first set of regulations that ban surprise billing and out-of-network charges for several types of services. […]
The HHS has extended some of the deadlines for using provider relief funds and reporting on that use. Though the move is mostly positive for […]
Understanding and finding the right solutions in helping patients remotely with depression, anxiety, and substance abuse, as well as social determinants of health.
“Payvider” models — that is, collaborative arrangements between payers and providers — are growing in popularity. But not all markets are created equal with regard […]
M&A activity in the healthcare finance technology is heating up, evidenced by large transactions such as Cedar buying OODA Health and R1 RCM buying VisitPay. […]
Examine the 3 major challenges associated with device-based remote patient monitoring and learn how a deviceless strategy can overcome them.
The Covid-19 pandemic has upended the healthcare industry in a myriad of ways — including the focus of IT innovation. Healthcare CIOs are seeing IT […]
Hospital operating margins increased from January to March, but are still narrow, leaving hospitals in a financially vulnerable state, a new report from Kaufman Hall […]
Patients are not the only ones who will benefit from the price transparency rule — providers and payers can also gain competitive advantages as a […]
Though the price transparency rule aims to make it easier for healthcare consumers to compare prices, there is a lack of standardization in how hospitals […]
Cohere Health raised $36 million in a Series B funding round less than two years after its inception. It will use the new funds to […]
The HHS’ new interoperability and information blocking rules have been in effect for one week, yet how they will be enforced is unclear. But there […]
A group of healthcare stakeholders in Oregon signed a compact that aims to spread advanced value-based payment models across the state. Though it is not […]
U.S. Anesthesia Partners has filed lawsuits against UnitedHealthcare in Colorado and Texas, accusing the payer of forcing it out of network and intentionally interfering with […]
Medicare sequestration is making headlines this week, as legislation to pause the 2% payment cuts moves through Congress. Here is a recap of what the […]
The American Hospital Association is urging the Justice Department to thoroughly review UnitedHealth’s intended acquisition of Change Healthcare. The transaction would reduce competition in the […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has decimated hospital finances, and as a result, rural providers are forced to make key IT spending decisions with limited dollars. Here […]
The healthcare analytics company will use the funds, raised in a Series C financing round, to scale its cloud-based platform that offers providers, payers and […]
The federal price transparency rule for hospitals went into effect Jan. 1, but a new analysis shows that a majority of providers studied were “unambiguously […]
For providers and payers, a limited budget is the biggest hurdle to executing their data strategy, followed by disparate data sources and the quality of […]
After a challenging 2020, health systems are looking to deploy strategies for recovery, especially to bolster financial health. One strategy health executives are considering is […]
In an unusual move, 14 major providers — including Trinity Health, CommonSpirit Health and Tenet — have come together to launch a data analytics company. […]
The Office of the Inspector General will audit Medicare Part B telehealth services to detect potential vulnerabilities and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements. To prepare, […]
The Biden administration established a special enrollment period to give uninsured Americans a chance to sign up for insurance on the HealthCare.gov markets. Providers and […]
A new report, from cybersecurity firm Fortified Health Security, shows that nearly 200 more data breaches occurred in the first 10 months of 2020 compared […]
In an effort to ensure the efficient and orderly distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine, governors from New York, California and Florida are warning that they […]
The financial futures of U.S. hospitals remain shaky, as Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations surge with alarming speed nationwide. Though vaccines are being distributed, the coming […]
A federal appeals court has ruled against hospital groups in their legal challenge to the CMS regulation that would require hospitals to make pricing information […]
As a result of rapid consolidation, the 10 biggest health systems controlled 24% of market share based on patient revenue by 2018. The trend is […]
The HHS has proposed changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule — the biggest in seven years, a healthcare lawyer said. But while the changes aim […]
The rule would require payers in the Medicaid, CHIP and QHP programs to build and maintain application programing interfaces to improve data exchange and the […]
The new Geographic Direct Contracting Model aims to improve quality of care and slash costs for Medicare beneficiaries across an entire region. It involves setting […]
PointClickCare Technologies, a provider of cloud-based technology for long-term and post-acute care facilities, will spend between $500 million and $1 billion to purchase care coordination […]
A recently released 50-page plan details the federal agency’s health IT-related objectives over the next five years and outlines the strategies it plans to use […]
The INVEST Digital Health Virtual conference Pitch Perfect competition, from September 21-25, had some intense competition between the healthcare startup participants. Thanks to all the […]
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