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Poor communications, revenue cycle deficiencies held back point-of-service collections, director Scott Urlich says, and it needed to be fixed.
The Nasdaq Biotechnology Index and Standard & Poor's Health Care Index both posted their worst opening day of trading in years on Monday, despite the added attention the sector got with the start of the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco.
UPMC on Monday said it will partner with Health Catalyst to take on the rising cost of healthcare by commercializing the healthcare system's cost management technology.
Paul DePodesta, the man who brought 'Moneyball' to Major League Baseball, just joined Scripps Translational Science Institute, where he will use his data-analyzing prowess to hopefully transform medicine.
As hospital finance execs work to navigate pricing pressures, transitions in patient coverage and new competitors, The Advisory Board said leaders are facing several mandates to change or risk losing a lot of money.
Population health management is fast becoming a priority for healthcare providers, but many are still figuring out which technology partners are best suited to help them fuel data-driven initiatives, according to a new 2015 Population Health Study by HIMSS Analytics.
Cigna CEO David Cordani says the individual market created by the 2010 health law would be better off if insurers were given more flexibility in designing coverage, as well as a more compressed, focused open enrollment period.
The case hinges on Vermont legislation requiring all administrators of self-insured benefit plans to regularly submit data on medical claims, pharmacy claims, member eligibility, provider and other information for use in the state's unified healthcare database.
This year, Healthcare Finance is asking its audience of healthcare finance decision-makers to help us rank the top issues with its inaugural, "Year that was, year that will be" survey.
According to the CareCloud Practice Profitability Index, about 59 percent of owners surveyed said they were not planning to sell or merge, an uptick compared to the 54 percent who said the same thing last year.