Beth Jones Sanborn
TransUnion Healthcare's Revenue Cycle leader Jonathan Wiik will shed light on evolving healthcare payment landscape where patients now represent a third of billing revenue.
The increase represents a substantial impact, especially given the use of many high-cost drugs, the report says. The firm also points to biosimilars as opportunity to thwart spending.
Patient engagement expert Jan Oldenburg calls on hospitals to proactively make changes that enables consumers to access pricing information now or face mandates to do so later.
Software that fails to take the human element into account can lead to poor results among users and dissatisfied patients alike.
Hospitals are seeing a spike in patient volume, higher staffing needs, loss of elective procedure revenue and inadequate Medicare reimbursement for services.
The mutual decision to enter into a definitive agreement is the next step toward CNE becoming part of Partners HealthCare.
Enabling employees to telecommute and perform patient pre-registration and financial counseling has saved money and improved employee satisfaction.
Dissatisfaction generally occurs when a patient feels misled or not fully informed prior to service.
Janie Wade will join the system in late February, succeeding Lydia Jumonville, who was named CEO this Fall.
Experts from nonprofit MultiCare share success stories in using analytics to drive outcomes and quality improvements that reduced COPD readmissions by 14 percent at HIMSS18.