The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will reverse a longstanding unpopular position on reimbursement for smartphone-connected continuous glucose monitors, CMS announced.

Bad debt exceeds $10 million at a third of healthcare organizations and leaders lack confidence about how much is recoverable, according to a new study.

Results show 74 percent of recruiting assignments in the last year were for specialists, up 7 percent from three years ago, report says.

The new fund will be looking for healthcare companies that can provide measurable prevention or treatment, whether that be in cardiovascular diseases themselves or in risk factors including diabetes.

Taking a disciplined approach to re-negotiating contracts with your top vendors enables hospitals to leverage power they might not know they have and achieve immediate results.

Doing a full financial assessment is key to forecasting financial distress but there's more to it than looking at cash flow ratios and profitability.

Doctors have balked at the increasing burden of implementing metrics, which cost roughly $15.4 billion annually to meet.

The percentage of hospitals achieving zero infections has declined dramatically since 2015, indicating many patients are still at risk.

This is the second year in a row in which the index has found an increase in the potential industry savings that could be achieved with full adoption of electronic transactions.

While MVA and workers' compensation claims are only a small percentage of a healthcare organization's total claims, they can amount to millions of dollars in annual revenue for many hospitals and secure higher reimbursement rates...

As CEO of the new company, which will be based in Boston, the public health expert will seek to "incubate better models of care for all," he says.

The more tech initiatives an organization has undertaken, the more likely they are to rate themselves ahead of the competition.

More than 7 percent of the Medicare budget is spent on managing patients with end-stage renal disease.

Establish clear strategic goals and target a financial return, get the revenue cycle right, and motivate employees accordingly.

A number of hospitals and health systems have new projects underway, with investments reaching as high as $500 million.

Surgeons allegedly were paid millions in exchange for referring spinal surgeries to the California hospitals; nine defendants including hospital owner already convicted.

Industry association says the trauma of separating children from their parents have can lifelong negative impacts on their health.

Every dollar a hospital spends yields roughly $2.30 of additional business activity; for every hospital job, another two are supported in the community, American Hospital Association says.

Unlike a traditional ACO, providers can earn rewards for value-based performance but are not charged membership or service fees.

The practice of palliative care is known to make patients more comfortable and now is proven to shorten hospital stays and lower costs.

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.

Lab data on the 48 million consumers enrolled in UnitedHealthcare will help insurer reduce risk.

New research also reveals that customers want less expensive care, ways to understand benefits and incentives for healthy behaviors.

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.

Of the participating providers, 56.2 percent reported an increase in patients who were seeing a doctor or other healthcare provider for the first time in years.

Only about half of people aged 50 to 80 have set up an account on a secure online access site, or patient portal, offered by their healthcare provider.

A more concerted effort by pharmaceutical companies to drive medication adherence could help them increase their sales growth and margin profile.

Town Hall Ventures, Amazon and Socially Determined are bringing a new focus to a long-neglected part of the healthcare industry.

LifeBridge said they discovered the breach on March 18, which involved malware that infected the server that hosts their EMR, patient registration and billing systems.

Being able to connect with patients via video conference, and making diagnoses with high-res images, allows physicians to cast a wider net and saves on transportation.

AMA President Barbara McAneny says antitrust regulators have powerful reasons to block the deal.