Hospital/physician relations
Government alleged HMA unlawfully boosted inpatient admissions, submitted inflated claims to government payers and paid physician kickbacks for referrals.
UnitedHealth plans to update its provider directories to show its beneficiaries those hospitals that use non-participating hospital-based physicians
The largest increase from 2016 to 2017 attributed to Emergency Medicine, a specialty that saw nearly five percent growth.
People with high emotional intelligence have more effective coping strategies, enabling them to be more resilient and better able to manage stress.
They're having to interact with an EHR and are doing a lot more to advise and correct the system so they can get paid properly, as opposed to connecting with and empathizing with the patient.
Increasingly, health leaders are recognizing the need to utilize one or more approaches to the multifaceted problem.
Innovation case study: UC Davis Physician Efficiency Program yields big gains for EHR satisfaction,…
Participants have seen a 24 percent increase in efficiency, and a reduction of "pajama time" by a median of 25 hours per physician.
New research shows the use of scribes meant less after-hours EHR work for doctors and a better experience for patients.
The percentage of physician practices now owned by hospitals increased from 26 percent in 2010 to 38 percent in 2016.
The EHR systems that caused the most headaches, and drove physicians away in certain instances, typically featured computerized order entry or physician documentation.