Although readmissions have fallen by 3 percent, patients discharged from nonteaching hospitals faced a significantly higher risk of readmission.
Category: Health Insurance
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.
The Man Who Sold America On Vitamin D — And Profited In The Process
The doctor most responsible for turning the sunshine supplement into a billion-dollar juggernaut has received hundreds of thousands of dollars from the vitamin D industry, according to government records and interviews.
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.
Do uninsured patients receive more unnecessary care?
American physicians dole out lots of unnecessary medical care to their patients. They prescribe things like antibiotics for people with viral infections, order expensive CT scans for patients with transitory back pain, and obtain screening EKGs for people with no signs or symptoms of heart disease. Some critics even accuse physicians of ordering such services […]
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.
