American Hospital Association asked Congress to boost funding for rural telehealth, broaden their definition of rural and lift limitations like expanding the types of technology allowed.
Category: Health Insurance
The key to reaping EHR investments: Optimize at the right pace
Hospitals have to align expectations and user constraints with adding new capabilities to make the most of large software expenditures.
Children With Disabilities Endure Long Waits For Life-Changing Medical Equipment
Some California children with serious health care problems wait more than a year for wheelchairs, bath benches, commodes, specialized crutches and other crucial medical equipment. Critics blame the delays on a confusing bureaucratic maze of private insurers and public programs.
Dignity Health, Anthem have 30 more days to negotiate contract
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AHIP, AMA weigh in on administration’s blueprint to lower drug prices
While they agree with certain proposals, they take issue with others, as stated in letters the groups sent this week to HHS Secretary Alex Azar.
Consumerism coming to healthcare: Opportunities and obstacles
Winning empowered consumers has become critical at a time when patients are demanding more in response to rising costs.
HHS names CMMI director to lead value-based care agenda
Health and Human Services officials said that regulations such as Stark Law and HIPPA are acting as roadblocks on the path to value-based care.
What North Carolina’s rural hospital struggles reveal about the U.S.
There is a confluence of factors leading to widespread closure of rural hospitals, including demographics, government policies and community challenges.
Spotlight: How providers and payers are combating the opioid epidemic in different parts of the U.S.
Whether it’s technology, legislation, or new policies and programs, the healthcare industry is attacking opioid abuse from numerous angles.
Silver lining: Million dollar medical claims leap 87%
What looks like a nightmare for hospital finance executives is also an opportunity to reduce excessive losses typically associated with such claims.
