Category: Healthcare Finance News

Teaching hospitals less likely to see 30-day readmissions for stroke patients

Although readmissions have fallen by 3 percent, patients discharged from nonteaching hospitals faced a significantly higher risk of readmission.

Health 2.0 spotlights insurers using technology to improve customer experience

Anthem optimizes member interactions using digital solutions to leverage provider searches.

How telehealth can help hospitals improving billing and payment collections

Patient paying for services.
Among the lesser-known benefits of telehealth are its abilities to help hospitals strengthen a provider’s billing and payment collections.

Vizient forecasts nearly 5 percent hike in pharmaceutical prices for 2019, but also potential downward trend in spending

One of the main ways drug spending is mitigated is through market competition from biosimilar and generic drugs.

Why patients and doctors are still dissatisfied by electronic health records

Physicians were less satisfied by the system overall, citing the time it took to enter data, changes to workflow and decreased productivity.

FDA approves EpiPen generic drug

Teva Pharmaceuticals is marketing the first approved generic epinephrine auto-injector for the emergency treatment of allergic reactions.

CMS streamlines Medicaid waiver processes for states and decreases approval wait times

States are required to get CMS approval for any changes they want to make to their Medicaid programs, no matter how simple.

New at HIMSS19: New focused communities help personalize Global Conference

The new communities, targeted at 9 types of attendees, will enable people to navigate the conference year-round.

Why Amazon’s employee clinic could reshape the primary care landscape

The retail giant has proven it can use data to drive down costs. Is your hospital ready to compete against that?

Drug makers set prices independent of rebates, AHIP says

Competition drives drug prices and results in higher rebates, insurance organization says.