Bernie Monegain
The incident involves a February 2016 postcard sent to consumers of mental health services inviting participation in an upcoming satisfaction survey.
A recent survey from the market research firm has found that that 87 percent of financially struggling hospitals now regret changing their EHR systems due to higher than expected costs, layoffs, declining inpatient revenues, disenfranchised clinicians and doubts over the benefits of switching systems.
MultiCare Health System in Tacoma, Washington and Salt Lake City-based data analytics company Health Catalyst joined forces in a shared-risk contract aiming to save $25 million a year while also improving clinical outcomes.
The move could signal the beginnings of a new wave of RCM work in healthcare, a market emphasis that analysts figure is a multi-billion dollar opportunity.
Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell is in the hot seat over a laptop reported stolen from the federal Office of Child Support Enforcement in Olympia, Washington.
Employment in healthcare increased by 37,000 during March, keeping to about the same increase for each of the past 12 months, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Add the last 12 months together and the growth in healthcare employment totals 503,000 new jobs.
The rate of security incident disclosures in 2015 surpassed those of 2014, according to the second annual BakerHostetler Security Incident Response report. What's more, healthcare tops the list for frequency of data breaches.
Caleb Anderson said that one potential option is to have a vendor run the patient call center, submit claims, handle denials and more.
MedStar said in a statement that the virus prevented some employees from logging into system but that all of its clinics remain open and functioning.
Republican committee leaders in the Senate and House are taking Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services acting Administrator Andy Slavitt to task for 316 security incidents on HealthCare.gov.