Susan Morse
Kaiser Permanente Ventures is betting big on telemedicine, investing $10 million in Vidyo, a visual communications company that integrates high definition video communications into electronic health record systems and workflow, Vidyo announced Monday.
It's not about cost, but value, according to a panel of revenue cycle professionals who work in health systems that often charge more for care than other providers.
The Department of Health and Human Services has issued guidance to states seeking a 1332 waiver to about every major component of the Affordable Care Act as the deadline for the new program approaches.
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson this week released his healthcare platform, a plan for reform that he said would fix the relationship between physician and patient by providing tax-sheltered accounts and giving Medicare patients the onus to buy their own plans.
As patients face high deductibles, price is a major topic that's put pressure on healthcare providers to offer price transparency, even though what a hospital charges can be far different from what a patient actually owes after their insurance covers some of the costs.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Thursday said 758 hospitals failed to reach federal targets for hospital-acquired infections and will see a 1 percent payment reduction to all Medicare discharges for a year.
The leaders of the Senate Special Committee on Aging Wednesday targeted the Daraprim spike hike by Turing Pharmaceutical founder Martin Shkreli during the first of a series of hearings investigating abrupt and dramatic price increases in prescription drugs that are no longer protected by patents.
In total, 2.84 million consumers have made plan selections since open enrollment began November 1, according to CMS.
Two months after the implementation of ICD-10, revenue cycle experts say their world didn't collapse but not enough time has elapsed to declare the smooth rollout a victory.
The boundary between being a provider and a payer is blurring as hospitals face more risk, according to Joe Nichols of Health Data Consulting, prompting health systems to make changes to keep from losing too much money.