Jeff Lagasse
HIMSS25 speakers will address the importance of tying investments directly to strategic imperatives such as driving patient access.
Rural healthcare leaders are using AI tools to enhance operational efficiency and to offset a shrinking labor pool.
Centene CEO Sarah London cites headwinds in the quarter, but says Centene shows "significant operational improvements."
Initiatives include adding new concierge teams to support customers experiencing challenges with claims payments.
Acting as mentors and teachers, preceptors can help more students enter the healthcare workforce, lawmakers say.
Reasons include prior authorization or referral, excluded services and administrative issues, KFF finds.
The facility is expected to triple patient access to outpatient behavioral health services in South Carolina.
CMS should bar PBMs from requiring pharmacies to participate in the program, says association survey.
The increase in prior authorization determinations since 2020 is linked to an increase in MA enrollment, KFF says.
Cigna pulled in $1.4 billion in profit in Q4, a decrease that company officials say is due to elevated medical costs.