Category: Modern Healthcare

Industry stakeholders were generally optimistic about proposed data-exchange rules, but they want regulators to ensure the information is useful to patients 
and clinicians.

In this era of consumer-centric care, it’s critically important to ensure that our clinicians, executives and even members of our governing boards, accurately represent and reflect the communities we serve.

Centene Corp. CEO Michael Neidorff says that the large Medicaid managed-care plan is well positioned to deliver high quality products that lower costs.

St. Louis-based SSM Health implemented an initiative that encourages security officers to be a more active part of the care team in order to spot potentially violent incidents with patients before they escalate.

Among all the proffered panaceas for reducing America’s high healthcare costs, price transparency is the least likely to make a major dent in the problem.

The underlying case centers on whether a False Claims Act case can be based on the allegation that a physician’s determination of medical necessity is false. Courts around the country have ruled differently on that issue.

The gender gap continues in healthcare, much like it does in other industries. Studies peg the percentage of women CEOs between 13% to 20% and 30% for the C-suite overall.

Each year we reflect upon the Top 25 Women in Healthcare award recipients and their accomplishments. What sets this year’s honorees apart are their diverse experiences and world views. And, one significant trait all of these leaders share is…

They came, they saw, they tweeted. As more than, 45,000 health IT geeks and wonks descended on Orlando, Fla., for HIMSS19, they took to the social media site to share what they saw and discovered at their big event of the year.

Gilead Sciences is accused of giving kickbacks to healthcare organizations, government agencies, universities and community groups to boost sales of its hepatitis and HIV drugs, resulting in billions of dollars in excess government spending.