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.
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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.
National healthcare spending growth slowed in 2017, CMS says
One reason is the decrease in spending on prescription drugs, from fewer opioids being dispensed to a drop in treatment for hepatitis C.
Want to increase your hospital’s operational efficiency and cohesiveness? Huddle up, says Intermountain Healthcare’s CEO
Marc Harrison said the escalation process, which includes daily huddles with all levels of staff, has provided operational clarity, improved safety.
