Category: Healthcare Finance News

Opioid use disorder, telehealth, among NCQA updates to HEDIS quality measures

NCQA has introduced telehealth into 14 existing physical health measures for HEDIS 2019.

Nursing shortage prompts St. Louis children’s hospital to offer summers off

The lax summer months affords the facility an opportunity to experiment with the staffing option, and it hopes to attract nurses as a result.

Nursing shortage prompts St. Louis children’s hospital to offer summers off

The lax summer months affords the facility an opportunity to experiment with the staffing option, and it hopes to attract nurses as a result.

Technology poised to alter the healthcare real estate picture, report says

Hospitals will have to adapt to these changing technologies to stay competitive in their respective markets.

Technology poised to alter the healthcare real estate picture, report says

Hospitals will have to adapt to these changing technologies to stay competitive in their respective markets.

Federal court blocks Kentucky’s move for Medicaid work requirement

CMS Administrator Seema Verma says she will confer with the Department of Justice to ‘chart a path forward.’

Payers are data obese with information that goes unused

Treating data as claims to find illness is not treating health, expert says.

CMS policy to reduce hospital-acquired conditions had minimal impact, research shows

The targeted billing codes were rarely used by hospitals, far less than expected based on national estimates.

How disparate EHR systems, lack of interoperability contribute to physician stress, burnout

The evolution of the patchwork EHR landscape has been complex, and one expert traces the problem back to meaningful use.

Harvard Pilgrim CEO Eric Schultz resigns, citing behavior inconsistent with core values

The insurer is releasing little information as it names a new president.