The AHA is calling on CMS to "abandon further illegal cuts for 2020" that CMS says would save Medicare $800 million.

To capture revenue that would otherwise be lost, providers need to jettison ink and paper in favor more modern solutions.

While the shift is necessary, the transition period will likely see hackers targeting newly vulnerable information, said Halamka.

Real estate is increasingly becoming an avenue for providers to increase their revenue and footprint in the community.

Lower supply spending doesn't have to translate to lower-quality care, an important consideration as providers look to tighten up their supply chains.

After a slower growth rate in 2017, 2018 saw growth rates about equal to those of 2016, driven in part by the reinstatement of a fee on insurers.

Successive rounds of unnecessary testing can cause physical and psychological harm to patients and waste an estimated $200 billion annually.

Some hospitals are prioritizing sicker patients first, while others are playing it safe, giving organs to less critical patients.

Younger consumers are especially are willing to switch providers over a bad billing experience.

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

Before his interim appointment, Adams was Kaiser Permanente's executive vice president and group president.

The challenge organizations face is that each person needs one identity attached to them.

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.

Cigna detected and reported the alleged fraud, in which the former players allegedly submitted over $3.9 million in false claims.

For Democrats and independents, the trend is more or less flat, with cost satisfaction clocking in at 9% and 25%, respectively.

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

On average, physician-led ACOs produced almost 7 times the amount of Medicare savings per beneficiary than hospital-led ACOs.

UCLA researchers have found that pressure ulcers first form on the inside of the body at a cellular level, says researcher and CEO Martin Burns.

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.

The model is reportedly designed for collaboration and hopes to tackle challenges ranging from artificial intelligence to population health.

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.

Beyond cost, CMS said it adopted the lower payments for hospital outpatient facilities as a method to control unnecessary increases in the volume of services furnished there.

Use was disproportionately low across all hospital types, suggesting there's more hospitals could be going to get more people to use the record.

All states have seen increases in gabapentin exposures over a five-year period, coinciding with a decline in opioid prescriptions.

Most parents believe they have the resources to raise healthy children, but significant hurdles can pose a persistent challenge.

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

The bedside teams at RSFH's three hospitals will be supported on a 24/7 basis by Advanced ICU Care's team of intensivists and nurses.

Centene will retain IlliniCare's Medicare-Medicaid Alignment Initiative business and its YouthCare foster care contract, set for February.