A nurse’s perception of the difficulty of the workday has a bearing on his or her ability to provide the best care possible, findings showed.
Category: Healthcare Finance News
How St. Luke’s created a patient-centric revenue cycle to improve satisfaction and collections
Case study: Revised paper statements and new digital patient portal drove a 38% improvement in self-pay collections, a 21% reduction in cost-per-dollar collected and patient satisfaction rose from 28% to more than 50%.
Yelp reviews reveal strengths and weaknesses of emergency departments and urgent care
Yelp reviews could help bridge a knowledge gap, and also help providers hone in on new focus areas to improve patient care, study says.
CMS proposes changes to streamline managed Medicaid
Proposed changes include rate range flexibility and adding new delivery models such as telehealth.
Hospital CIOs report lack of confidence about their financial data
Financial trust was high for about half of the CIOs surveyed, but most said they want to make changes, especially in how the data is accessed.
Cigna adds two tech companies to its behavioral health program
The collaboration with Happify Health and iPrevail is being offered to employers starting in 2019.
Healthcare will spend the most on R&D of any industry by 2020, says PwC
Healthcare currently ranks below the computing and electronics industry worldwide, but that’s likely to change over the next couple of years.
(UPDATED)Camp Fire in Northern California damages Adventist Health Feather River Hospital, patients evacuated
A trio of wildfires has devoured tens of thousands of acres in California, killing at least 29 people.
Healthcare cost variations between regions attributed to price, usage
Colorado has the highest prices in the six regions studied, while Maryland came in well below the average.
What Geisinger CEO David Feinberg accomplished before leaving for Google
Geisinger has appointed Dr. Jaewon Ryu as interim president and CEO of Geisinger, effective December 1.
