Electronic health records play a big part and the problem is especially prevalent in emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine and pediatrics.
Category: Healthcare Finance News
CMS to dole out $8.6 million in funding to states to help stabilize health insurance markets
Funding is part of $250 million provided by the ACA for state rate review grants meant to improve the process for how states review proposed health insurance rates.
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
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.
