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Prime Healthcare partners with Synchrony on credit card financing options
The financing option integrates care delivery with revenue cycle management, VP says.
Northwell Direct leads and rides the trend of direct contracting in the self-insured market
CEO Nick Stefanizzi says that what’s different, even from Haven, is that there are providers in these organizations.
ROI realized from pre-bill review of documentation and coding
Hospitals can decrease denials by having physicians involved in the mid-revenue cycle review process.
FDA approves boosters as WHO battles for Moderna vaccine formula
As the Food and Drug Administration approves booster doses for both the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines, and The White House readies to get shots into the arms of children, the World Health Organization is fighting an equity battle to g…
CBO estimates $553 billion price tag for healthcare provisions in reconciliation package
If healthcare provisions in the reconciliation bill are passed, deficits would increase by $553.2 billion from 2022 to 2031, according to cost estimates from the Congressional Budget Office.
Primary care helps to reduce risk of infection and death from COVID-19, report says
After vaccinations became available, COVID-19 incidents and deaths fell across all U.S counties as expected, but the rates did not fall equally.
Walmart and Transcarent partner to lower costs in the self-insured market
Walmart and Transcarent have announced a partnership to lower prescription drug and other prices for the self-insured market.
The agreement allows Transcarent, which offers a digital platform “overlay” to existing plans for self-insured employers, to…
States are getting $100M boost to retain primary care workforce in underserved communities
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is making available $100 million in American Rescue Plan funding for state-run programs that support, recruit, and retain primary care clinicians who live and work in underserved communities.
How COVID-19 drove the need to make physicians’ lives easier
Electronic health record burnout is a global issue that, like everything else in healthcare, has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The fundamental flaw for physicians from EHRs is not so much the death by 1,000 clicks that has been widely repo…
COVID-19 may have unexpected benefit of freeing up funds for rural hospitals to invest in technology
Federal provider relief funds have allowed rural hospitals to spend money that otherwise would have gone to personal protection equipment and other COVID-19 needs, to something they’ve long needed: upgraded technology.
