U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Deputy Secretary Andrea Palm convened a meeting of payers on Monday to discuss actions they could take to mitigate the harm caused by the Change Healthcare cyberattack.
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Drug expenses, cost sharing spike Massachusetts health spending
Total Health Care Expenditures (THCE) in Massachusetts totaled $71.7 billion in 2022, and from 2021 to 2022, THCE per capita increased 5.8% to $10,264 per resident – far above the national rate of 4.1%, according to a new report from the Center for Hea…
Scammers take advantage of Change cyberattack
Scammers are taking advantage of the Change Healthcare cyberattack to steal credit card information, according to the Minnesota Hospital Association and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison.
Lower reimbursement linked to sagging margins, healthcare CFOs say
Eighty four percent of health systems cite lower reimbursement from payers as a top cause of low operating margins, according to a report published by the Healthcare Financial Management Association and Eliciting Insights, a healthcare strategy and mar…
Children’s Hospital Colorado creates analytics resource center
ORLANDO – If there’s a lesson to be learned regarding healthcare analytics, it’s that it pays to have a good handle on the data.
That was the mandate at Children’s Hospital Colorado, which serves children from a seven-state region. This means that shep…
CFOs need to see the clinical benefits of spending money on digital health solutions
ORLANDO – Health systems are caring for patients during a time of workforce shortages and patient demands for the same convenient options they get online from retailers.
Mayo Clinic eying digital transformation to plan for future
ORLANDO – The physical assets of many hospitals and healthcare facilities in the U.S. are degrading and need investment, but when replacing an old building, it’s not enough to simply rebuild it brick-by-brick. Digital technology in healthcare is develo…
Tech investment must bring value to care delivery
ORLANDO – Digital health experts talked about the state of healthcare investment and what’s needed to close the gap in a fragmented care delivery model.
South Dakota facility bringing cultural compassion to addiction treatment
ORLANDO – In a world of high addiction rates, mental healthcare crises and increasing suicide rates, one healthcare organization in South Dakota is trying something a little different.
The future of AI is in collaborating to build foundational models
By Susan Morse, executive editor
ORLANDO – At HIMSS24, the discussion around artificial intelligence has moved from excitement about the potential of AI to help solve healthcare’s biggest challenges to the desire for a solid foundation for implementation.
