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AHIP launches ad campaign calling out Big Pharma on drug prices
AHIP has launched a new advertising campaign that it said calls out spending by Big Pharma to deflect blame for soaring drug prices.
PAC providers want greater interoperability from hospital to post-acute care setting
CHICAGO – Interoperability in the post-acute care setting is a challenge, a group of PAC leaders told the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Thursday during a HIMSS23 listening session on long-term and post-acute care.
PAC providers want greater interoperability from hospital to post-acute care setting
CHICAGO – Interoperability in the post-acute care setting is a challenge, a group of PAC leaders told the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Thursday during a HIMSS23 listening session on long-term and post-acute care.
Providers need to be aware of CPT coding changes to get paid
CHICAGO – Much of remote digital health depends on the Current Procedural Terminology, or the CPT code set, which opened the door to payment for remote patient monitoring and remote therapeutic monitoring.
The impact of the economy on healthcare
CHICAGO – Hospitals have taken a financial hit from continued COVID-19 headwinds, especially due to labor shortages.
Behavioral health access needs remote care and AI
CHICAGO – About half of the population in the country live in areas that have a lack of access to behavioral healthcare, said Taft Parsons III, vice president and chief psychiatric officer, CVS Health.
Dr. Zenobia Brown agreed that access for behavior …
Philips Future Health Index shows providers plan to invest in AI
CHICAGO – The Philips Future Health Index 2023 global report released at HIMSS23 today shows healthcare leaders are focused on addressing staffing shortages and stepping up planned AI investments.
The investments are to get critical decision support an…
CMS benefit and payment final rule limits non-standardized plans
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced the 2024 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters Final Rule that limits non-standardized plans in the Affordable Care Act marketplaces.
Most of the data generated is not used to its fullest potential
CHICAGO – As much as 95% of hospital data goes unused, according to healthcare IT experts.
Eighty percent of data is in unstructured text, said John Halamaka, president of Mayo Clinic Platform, speaking with other IT experts at the HIMSS23 Executive S…
Healthcare is ‘inside-out,’ happening outside the walls of a hospital, says HIMSS CEO and President Hal Wolf
CHICAGO – To kick-off the HIMSS23 Executive Summit on Monday morning, HIMSS President and CEO Hal Wolf told a ballroom of C-suite leaders that healthcare is no longer happening inside the four walls of a hospital.
