Other rules update coverage requirements, eliminate post-admission physician evaluations and allow non-physician practitioners to meet with patients.

Only 12% of CFOs expect they will need to cut or defer spending on their financial systems' digital transformation.

The strategy that more than 70% of hospitals and health systems are turning to is embracing telehealth and other digital approaches.

Rent deferments will help some hospitals in the short term while the interest will make real estate companies whole by year's end.

The order could disrupt the global pharmaceutical supply chain, jeopardizing the ability to respond to COVID-19, PhRMA says.

A number of high-yield healthcare issuers have defaulted since the start of the crisis, and near-term credit risk remains elevated.

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

The rankings were determined in part by rating hospitals in 10 different procedures and conditions.

Nonprofit insurer is working with two financial-services partners to provide financing guarantees, advance payments and restructuring of contracts.

The collaboration with Health Care Service Corporation, billed as Epic's first such project with a payer organization, will help health plans more easily review data for managing claims and prior authorization.

In nonsurgical specialty practices with 90% male representation, female physicians earn as much as $91,000 less per year.

Once its insurance claim is resolved, HIMSS intends to come forward with additional remedies for the cancelled HIMSS20, says CEO Hal Wolf.

Chatbots can either enhance the value of patient communications or cause confusion or even harm.

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

The two companies are building this second hospital to address increasing demand in the Phoenix area.

The DOJ is seeking an amount equal to three times the amount of the $1.4 billion in damages as well as a civil penalty of $11,000 for each violation.

Health plans in the Affordable Care Act market are already required to cover preexisting conditions.

The company says it was able to do this because of lower-than-anticipated costs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Among other provisions, the bill extends the 5% advanced APM bonus for an additional six years and modifies thresholds to achieve the bonus. 

Fewer emergency department visits mean decreased revenues for hospitals that are still treating high numbers of COVID-19 patients.

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 goal was to improve outcomes, reduce the recidivism rate and send inmates back into the communities with coherent care plans.

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.

Over half of beneficiaries said they have "low confidence" or "no confidence" in the government's pandemic response.

The platform was created to help seniors dealing with social isolation by virtually connecting them with peers.

The top 10 COVID-19 medications have seen a combined spend increase of $200 million, with big increases in March and April.

HHS Assistant Secretary Admiral Brett Giroir says the media is incorrectly reporting how long it takes for tests to be returned.

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

Providers say there are a number of logistical, regulatory and educational hurdles that must be overcome for telehealth to reach its potential.

The transaction would reduce hospital competition in central Pennsylvania, Department of Justice says.