Smoking cessation efforts could ultimately be a strong investment that allows the hospital to retain more reimbursement dollars.

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

There is an apparent lack of awareness of federal regulations in both the U.S. and Canada to keep patient information secure.

Respondents to the survey also expect to invest more as potential use and adoption of the technology continues to climb.

A tiny fraction of healthcare executives, 5%, said clinical integration is their supply chain't top priority.

Organizations that can better predict volumes and react to changes will have a competitive advantage in the industry.

Despite this cost increase, 95% of employers are very confident their organization will continue to sponsor healthcare benefits to active employees.

Among the gaps for both types of facilities are a lack of best practices for patient care and inadequate monitoring of board certifications.

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.

The data also shows encouraging employment opportunities for PAs, with most receiving multiple job offers.

Teaching hospitals posted superior outcomes, including higher 30-day mortality rates, for patients who underwent general or vascular surgery.

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

Women believe they have fewer opportunities for leadership, with less than half feeling they have the same chances as men.

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

Sutter said no antitrust violations occurred, citing market competition in the area it served, but the California AG disagreed.

A limited public option that largely preserves employment-based insurance would have only a small impact, while Medicare for All is an existential threat, Moody's says.

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.

President Trump, who was supposedly trying to sabotage the ACA, has been better at running it than President Obama, who wrote the law, says HHS Secretary Alex Azar.

Humana will also tap Microsoft for healthcare-tuned natural language understanding and speech recognition to improve workflows.

Their modus operandi was to avoid competition that would normally result in significant price erosion and savings for purchasers, particularly insurers like Humana, the lawsuit said.

Few adults have the knowledge and ability to obtain health insurance information that can impact their ability to best use their benefits.

More than 2.9 million simulated emails were sent to employees at six hospitals, and nearly one in seven were clicked on, the study said.

In the age of consumerism, virtual visits meet consumers where they are, says Anthem executive.

Arguments against the merger were insufficient to undermine the settlement agreement reached by the Department of Justice, judge says.