Category: Healthcare Finance News

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.
 

Real-time visualizations improved care delivery at UVA Health

CHICAGO – Patient care in the intensive care unit generates huge volumes of complex data. This influx of data can be a lot to handle, overwhelming staff who are trying to aggregate and summarize pertinent information. University of Virginia Health Medi…

Quantum computing poised to transform healthcare

CHICAGO – Quantum computing reached a milestone in 2022 when a 400-plus qubit machine was demonstrated at a time when experts were questioning the feasibility of even a 100 qubit system. The question is no longer whether quantum computing will speed up…

Quantum computing poised to transform healthcare

CHICAGO – Quantum computing reached a milestone in 2022 when a 400-plus qubit machine was demonstrated at a time when experts were questioning the feasibility of even a 100 qubit system. The question is no longer whether quantum computing will speed up…

HIMSS23: Cybersecurity now a strategic imperative, experts say

CHICAGO – Healthcare these days is being constantly flooded with new digital products and services, and while many are necessary and/or beneficial, they come with the addition of significant risk. Organizations are continuing to increase their cybersec…

The impact of the economy on healthcare

CHICAGO – Hospitals have taken a financial hit from continued COVID-19 headwinds, especially due to labor shortages.

HIMSS23: Stanford Health Care finding success with inpatient telehealth

CHICAGO – Telehealth adoption continues to increase, boosted in part by the COVID-19 pandemic, which put a spotlight on remote care technologies. But most of the focus this far has been on outpatient telehealth. As Stanford Health Care can attest, inpa…