Healthcare Finance Staff
Three in ten Americans reported they would use their cell or smart phone to track and monitor their personal health, and 40 percent would be willing to pay for a remote monitoring device that sends health information directly to their doctor, according to a survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers' Health Research Institute.
In a move designed to speed adoption of electronic health records in rural hospitals, UnitedHealth Group recently announced it will invest $10 million in California's Critical Access Hospitals to help them beef up their IT systems and infrastructure.
In a deal that will add comprehensive government program patient eligibility and enrollment services to its existing revenue cycle management suite, Emdeon has announced it will acquire Atlanta-based Chamberlin Edmonds & Associates, which serves more than 200 acute care facilities in 30 states.
Thomson Reuters announced Wednesday that it has acquired Healthcare Data Management, Inc., a King of Prussia, Pa.-based health plan benchmarking firm that will now become part of the Healthcare & Science business of Thomson Reuters.
Seventy-seven percent of payers expect a changing relationship with pharmaceutical companies, with 48 percent calling for pharmas to take a more active role in supporting payer managed care (DM, MU, adherence) programs according to a July 2010 poll by The Gantry Group, LLC.
Magnet hospitals, which are recognized for better patient safety and outcomes, don't provide better working conditions for nurses than non-magnet hospitals, according to a new study by the University of Maryland School of Nursing.
Laura Winner, Director, Lean Sigma Program, Center for Innovation in Quality Patient Care, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Md.
Louise McCarthy, MPP, Interim Co-Chief Executive Officer, Vice President of Governmental Affairs, Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County
Los Angeles, 45 non-profit organizations, 130 sites
The Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Inspector General is recommending that the federal government crack down on physicians who have incorrectly coded their Medicare claims for the wrong place of service.
The Department of Health and Human Services has made available an online tool from its Healthcare.gov Web site that streamlines the public's search for insurance coverage options.