Susan Morse
Precision medicine is a disruptive technology that is moving from revolution to evolution into mainstream adoption.
An estimated 2 percent of the increase will be due to the return on the health insurance tax.
Two primary concerns of a single-payer system are the methods it would use to pay providers and set their payment rates, both of which would affect hospital and physician revenues.
This includes the protection of medical conscious of practitioners, says OCR Director Roger Severino.
Hackensack Meridian Health no longer writes off long-term payments as bad debt, now that the patient has become a primary payer.
The promise of personalizing care is enormous but it will also require hefty investments to turn it into a reality.
America's Health Insurance Plans says MFA would likely result in higher premiums for consumers with private coverage.
Investing in research and development can propel health systems taking financial risk into the front lines of innovation.
In an age of squeezed operating margins, consumerism must be combined with what works to get paid faster and to collect all that is owed.
The 'accelerating challenge around patient needs' calls for new technology and automation, but on a personal level.