Jeff Lagasse
In contrast, 41 percent of payments were based on volume rather than quality and efficiency, two hallmarks of value-based care.
A vast majority of employers plan to focus on employee well-being, clinical conditions, employee experience and health IT.
Shifts in financing have pushed healthcare organizations toward addressing social issues that make it difficult for millions of people to stay healthy.
Drug samples were the most common benefits, with 55 percent of doctors reporting having received them.
Password strength, multiple tabs and SOC audits are some of the means by which healthcare providers can protect sensitive patient data.
Deploying multiple interventions simultaneously within the EHR is shown to improve care while avoiding unnecessary costs.
Both upstate and downstate, employment growth in the industry was stronger than in all other industries combined over the past 10 years.
Even with the 1.5 percent decline in silver plan rates for 2019, consumers have been dealt a net rate increase of 69.2 percent from 2016 to 2019.
Democrats have apparently noticed that healthcare remains a major issue, and have spent about half of their political advertising on healthcare-centric advertising.
Eighteen transactions were recorded in the third quarter of 2018, a 38 percent decrease over the 29 deals recorded in the third quarter of 2017.