Households and businesses made up nearly half of the spending, meaning consumers are unable to spend in other sectors and businesses are crunched for resources.
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Innovation case study: UC Davis Physician Efficiency Program yield big gains for EHR satisfaction, quality of life
Participants have seen a 24 percent increase in efficiency, and a reduction of "pajama time" by a median of 25 hours per physician.
Provider manpower gap will only grow with ‘Silver Tsunami’
An aging population and more educated consumers means transformational healthcare change is coming, says HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf.
Change Healthcare puts blockhain claims processing tech on Amazon Web Services
Payers and providers can track, in real time, the status of claims submissions and remittances.
Does investing in pop health and social determinants work? New study finds link to lower Medicare spending
Correlative research finds that Medicare spent nearly $1,000 less per member in counties with a high well-being ranking.
Scribes ease physician administrative burden and boost patient experience, JAMA study says
New research shows the use of scribes meant less after-hours EHR work for doctors and a better experience for patients.
Cigna-Express Scripts deal unlikely to harm competition or consumers, DOJ says
The next expected approval is for CVS Health’s $69 billion acquisition of Aetna.
Prostate cancer care for older men estimated to cost Medicare $1.2 billion
Of that total, $451 million was spent on men who were diagnosed with prostate cancer graded with a Gleason score of 6, considered unworthy of aggressive treatment.
CMS removes Medicare requirements identified as unnecessary, obsolete or excessively burdensome
Proposed rule on removing such mandates as "re-approval" is expected to save healthcare facilities $1.12 billion per year.
Cigna, Express Scripts merger gets official stamp of approval from Department of Justice
Stockholders for both companies greenlighted the merger in late August, and the final approval has been highly anticipated.
