Reimbursement
Singapore's bundle system has encouraged the shift to community-based care and prevention, with strong results.
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Capital Finance
Donation was made by long-time donors James and Carol Herscot to support capital projects and support their Tuberous Sclerosis Complex.
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Supply Chain
By creating economies of scale with a full-service supply chain, University of Missouri Health Care was able to improve its bottom line.
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Budgeting
Volume increase is the main cost driver, as the number of such procedures has sharply risen across nearly all ages under 65.
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Quality and Safety
Southeast Health Medical Center is making the case for the potential impact of AI on reducing hospital-acquired infections like sepsis, CAUTIs, and pressure ulcers.
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Billing and Collections
Sixty-three percent of providers already accept web portal payments and over a quarter now offer text-based payment options.
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Workforce
The healthcare industry has added 368,000 jobs overall over the past 12 months, enough to account for about 11 percent of the country's jobs.
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Operations
AI will spur innovation in technology that comes from sources other than healthcare that will help the industry to adapt, expert says.
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Medical Devices
The custom sensor would measure information from the body beyond heart rate, report says.
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Hospital/physician relations
Independent doctors appear much more satisfied with their professional lives,with an 18 percentage point gap in opinion between ownership models.
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Construction & Facilities Management
The new lab brought additional jobs to the area. The lab is forecasted to save NYC Health + Hospitals more than $20 million annually, improve lab performance and efficiency.
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Compliance & Legal
The settlement also requires Aetna to implement mailing procedures that protect the confidentiality of medical information and complete a yearly compliance assessment.
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Policy and Legislation
Healthcare providers and plans need to implement open data sharing technologies to support transitions of care as patients move between plan types.
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Community Benefit
The money will be paid out through multiple gifts to various charitable organizations and system also has dispatched medical personnel to assist those in shelters.
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Accountable Care
Health plans doing business in Medicare, Medicaid, and the ACA are being asked to share claims data, and all information should be transferable, Verma says.
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Acute Care
The program used electronic "nudges" to clinical staff to forgo overnight vitals and medications as well as clinical staff education on improving patient sleep.
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Ambulatory Care
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.
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Analytics
Marcia Conrad-Miller of CGI said if payers, providers, pharma work together on oversight and create data store, progress could be made.
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ICD-10 & Coding
Doctors need to carefully and properly use the HCC codes, which indicate the expected costs for a patient.
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Meaningful Use
Administrator Seema Verma said changes to the program eliminate 25 measures and saves hospitals over 2 million hours of work and $75 million.
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Medicare & Medicaid
Medicare beneficiaries without low-income subsidies can expect to spend $6,894 a year out-of-pocket for treatment of MS.
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Patient Engagement
As consumers become more powerful in healthcare, online reviews have become a more prominent tool by which to gauge brand quality.
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Pharmacy
Pharma wants to be a part of value-based programs in risk-based arrangements with payers.
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Population Health
Value-based care demands the switch to wellcare to raise outcomes and decrease costs, Claire Pomeroy says.
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Risk Management
Executives and board members aren't cybersecurity experts so putting it in terms they can digest is crucial -- and that takes "real-life resonance" and constant vigilance.
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Telehealth
The 5-year model is testing for treatment in place of and for emergency transport to an alternative destination, such as a 24-hour care clinic.
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Mergers & Acquisitions
The deal was reportedly worth $14 billion and was announced in early October. Meanwhile, the Dignity Health and Catholic Health initiatives mega-merger is complete.
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