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What has long been shrouded in darkness is now being thrown into the light.
Massive gaps leave practices more dependent on reimbursement from commercial payers and commercial contracts, raise the potential of shrinking number of Medicare patients accepted.
Two cases emerged from whistleblower claims about improper billing related to discounted drug prices and insulin pens.
Josh Gluck, VP of Global Healthcare Technology Strategy at Pure Storage, explains how application and data storage silos have effectively trapped data in systems so it cannot be of value.
The system's equipment sharing program saved $500,000 in its first year but Ronald Loo, who came up with the idea, said it's become about much more than the money.
HHS Secretary Alex Azar joins the roster, which also features Aneesh Chopra, Karen DeSalvo, Michael Levitt, Mick Ebeling, Seema Verma and Susan Devore.
Investors are more comfortable with healthcare than other sectors because it's less susceptible to fluctuating economic cycles.
Tenet's CEO said the exclusion of Humana patients had an adverse effect on the system, with adjusted patient admissions dropping when Humana patients were excluded.
Low out-of-pocket costs, prescription drug coverage and in-network access to providers were some of the factors.
Hahnemann and St. Christopher's were recently sold by Tenet Healthcare to American Academic Health System, a newly-formed affiliate of Paladin Healthcare.