Category: Healthcare Finance News

Why healthcare revenue cycle careers are heating up for millennials

About two-thirds of millennials in revenue cycle jobs are satisfied with their roles, though many said they would consider other career opportunities.

Steward Health Care Network workflow automation yields 161% increase in care coordination

The problem was the web of multiple EMRs that complicated the process and created dramatic variances in the way referrals were processed in the primary care and specialist office.

As many as 1 in 6 healthcare workers are immigrants, JAMA shows

Employment in the healthcare industry is expected to grow about 18 percent over the next eight years, and foreign-born workers will likely help fill the gap.

CMS finalizes rule on risk adjustment for 2018

Final rule allows insurers to get funds and sustain premiums for a more stable ACA market.

The biggest challenge recruiting IT talent? Convincing them tech work in healthcare can be meaningful

Jefferson Health’s Robert Neff

The first health insurance company to master blockchain will ‘rule,’ expert says

Blockchain will eventually connect payers not only to providers, but to pharmacists in an end-to-end transaction from the first encounter to post-op care.

Stress from using electronic health records is linked to physician burnout

Common causes of EHR-related stress include too little time for documentation, time spent at home managing records and tricky user interfaces.

ACA enrollment down 11.2 percent, with one week left to go

Of the 3.2 million consumers selecting plans, 75 percent are renewing their coverage.

Billing and payment tech becoming more responsive, survey finds

Sixty-three percent of providers already accept web portal payments and over a quarter now offer text-based payment options.

Hennepin Healthcare uses EHR data to identify patients at risk of homelessness

Hennepin’s Alex Knutson-Smisek says using the electronic health record to pinpoint social determinants was a hard sell but the work that followed was not that complicated.