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Healthcare price information that is available before consumers receive care could help them better handle these costs, GAO said.
HealthONE’s 9,000-employee staff works long hours in a stressful, fast-paced environment to assure quality healthcare for their patients. Now, the Denver-based healthcare system is giving back to their dedicated team through a new wellness program with incentaHEALTH.
A recent report published by the Institute for Health Technology Transformation gave some interesting insight into accountable care organizations (ACOs). Among sections focusing on the origins of the ACO concept and their current state, the report detailed 10 basic things you need to know about ACOs.
Prescription drugs are more expensive in the United States than in any other developed nation. What are some of the reasons behind the astronomical cost of pharmaceuticals, and are there any steps the government could take to make drugs cheaper to US buyers? Check out this interesting graphic and give us your opinion.
Wanna bet you can lose weight? New York City-based HealthyWage is hoping you’ll try.
The final rule for accountable care organizations relieved providers from some of the immediate pressures of establishing health IT, but electronic health records and other technologies will be critical to coordinate care to improve quality and lower costs.
Physician groups are pleased with their initial take of the final accountable care organization (ACO) rule issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Oct. 20.
Analytix On Demand (AOD), a provider of software-as-a-service business intelligence solutions for healthcare, announced Tuesday that it has acquired Integrated Revenue Management, Inc. (IRM), a national healthcare consulting and education company with a focus on revenue cycle management. The newly created company headquartered in Irvine, Calif., will be called CentraMed.
Practice Greenhealth, a nonprofit organization working to help healthcare organizations improve their environmental practices, has released the Standardized Environmental Questions for Medical Products. The questions are designed to help hospitals identify, request and procure environmentally preferable medical products.
The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) is calling on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to issue a HIPAA 5010 contingency plan permitting health plans to adjudicate claims that may not have all the required data.