Operations
In addition to exceeding its financial forecast, a national search will seek to replace its longtime CEO, who is retiring this year.
The group says the program has devolved into a "cumbersome process" involving lengthy approvals and insurer negotiations.
Risk-based contracts let providers consider the whole individual, rather than focus on billing for services, according to Jaja Okigwe, First Choice Health CEO.
Adverse drug events comprise 39% of the adverse events, making them the most common by far.
Rita Bowen, MRO vice president and board member for the Sequoia Project, discusses the need to harmonize HIPAA with interoperability, third-party compliance and the privacy of very personal data.
CMS estimates that efficiencies introduced through the new rule would save practices and hospitals over $15 billion over a 10-year period.
IQVIA director of healthcare strategy Dr. Calum Yacoubian discusses how NLP can help with population health and predictive analytics, social determinants of health, clinical decision support, and precision medicine.
There were seven announced transactions in Q4, and four of them met Kaufman Hall's definition of 'mega merger.
Digital Medicine Society CEO Jennifer Goldsack talks about how newcomers could influence the adoption of healthcare technology this year.
Operating margins have been hit hard over the past year due to cost inflation, particularly staffing, finds Fitch.