Multiple factors contributed to the increases, including higher volumes and revenues, despite increases in bad debt and charity care.

Understanding contract loopholes, and being self-advocates during negotiations, can help community hospitals increase their collections.

In Orlando, health IT professionals will get an update on what FHIR currently can and can't do - and what to expect from it going forward.

In 2018, total U.S. medical and health R&D investment was $194.2 billion. Of that, industry invested $129.5 billion, almost 67% of the total.

The Foundry will engage regional experts and offer an idea lab, dry and wet labs, manufacturing space, and access to modeling technology.

The monetary figures at stake in each case varied wildly, ranging from $1,600 at the low end to $14 million at the high end.

With a labor-intensive budgeting process that provided little business value, OSF Healthcare decided it was time to be more flexible.

Care staff is often required to shift time and resources away from other patients to treat those with a life-threatening need for dialysis treatment.

The average potential surprise bill ranged from $86 for medical imaging specialists to more than $8,000 for surgical assistants.

The collaboration allows health plans to pay for healthcare-related social services delivered by community benefit organizations.

In the U.S., recruiting internationally educated nurses is addressing the ongoing nursing shortages.

Between 2014 and 2018, per-person yearly spending, for those with employer-sponsored insurance, climbed 18.4%.

The custom sensor would measure information from the body beyond heart rate, report says.

The research shows significant variability in EHR satisfaction among specialties, but high-quality training can help.

Infrastructure work on the tower will likely begin next month, with completion predicted to take place during the spring of 2022.

Providers warned to stay vigilant as financial and political incentives remain strong to bring False Claims Act cases.

Its Strategy on Reducing Regulatory and Administrative Burden Relating to the Use of Health IT and EHRs aims to make changes that allow providers to focus on patients.

The nonprofit health system has sponsored numerous programs and services that help address social determinants of health.

Decreasing the percentage of primary care delivered out-of-network across all ACOs by 0.1% could save Medicare $45 million a year.

There was a 2% drop in ICU deaths at non-minority hospitals, but the same improvement rate was not seen at minority-serving hospitals.

The institutions that were studied added more than $562 billion in value to the nation's economy in 2017, including direct and indirect economic impact.

At HIMSS20, one physician association will show how data-driven care management, with prompt patient outreach, helped decrease ED use by 8%.

Report analyzed more than 1.8 billion commercial healthcare claims and data visualization to benchmark prices and use across 112 metropolitan areas from 2012 to 2016.

Doctors need to carefully and properly use the HCC codes, which indicate the expected costs for a patient.

Administrator Seema Verma said changes to the program eliminate 25 measures and saves hospitals over 2 million hours of work and $75 million.

The proposed rule promotes changes such as incorporating outpatient hip and knee replacements into the episode of care definition.

The technology is there to make navigating the healthcare system easier for those with cognitive deficits caused by traumatic brain injury, says Laura Jantos.

The formulary includes about 100 drugs, including insulin, and is expected to expand.

HIMSS Media editors discuss health tech's role in the world's response to the coronavirus.

IT security is a legacy word, says Brian Selfridge: "This isn't cybersecurity, this is risk."

When opioid dependent patients are on medication-assisted treatments, health-related costs decrease by $20,000 annually, according to Bright Heart Health.

Interest rates remain at historic lows and purchase price multipliers will likely be attractive to purchasers.