Targeting CIOs, CFOs and other health IT leaders, five healthcare financial information systems experts offer best practices for bettering finance IT performance.
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Cost prevents access to care, even for insured, JAMA study finds
The proportion unable to see a physician owing to cost increased by 2.7% overall; by 5.9% among the uninsured and 3.6% among the insured.
Allscripts’ Practice Fusion admits to illegal kickbacks from opioid maker, agrees to $145M settlement
The Silicon Valley EHR vendor received “sponsorship” payments from unnamed pharmaceutical companies so that the latter’s marketing team could influence the design of CDS features, according to the Department of Justice.
Among Democratic candidates’ healthcare plans, Buttigieg’s would save money, while Sanders, Warren plans would cost trillions
Biden’s plan would cover an additional 15 to 20 million people, compared to 20 to 30 million for Buttigieg, about 35 million for Sanders and Warren.
Payer payment integrity audits are a financial burden to providers
Study finds 8% of providers are spending upwards of $1 million dealing with post-payment audits each year.
HHS Secretary Alex Azar: No public health emergency declared in U.S. for coronavirus
Five patients have been identified in this country, with all having traveled from Wuhan, China, where the disease originated.
Critical care improvements may differ depending on a hospital’s patient population
There was a 2% drop in ICU deaths at non-minority hospitals, but the same improvement rate was not seen at minority-serving hospitals.
CMS expands coverage of Next Generation Sequencing for patients with inherited breast and ovarian cancer
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is now covering Food and Drug …
HIMSS20 Revenue Cycle Optimization Forum puts the focus on patient-centric solutions
What’s important to the patient is a care plan that integrates shared decision-making on both treatment and cost, speaker says.
Gender pay disparities in healthcare pronounced at the beginning of careers
What was particularly troubling is that the trend appears to be getting worse, with the salary gap widening over time.
