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Persistent flaws in the ability to accurately ID and match patient records are hindering two must-haves on the road to reopening: contact tracing and, eventually, vaccine administration.
A continuous cardiorespiratory monitor uses a much larger data set for an analysis of risk for a subacute, potentially catastrophic, illness.
U.S. health insurers will remain profitable under the most likely scenarios, despite the highly uncertain severity and duration from COVID-19.
Cost sharing is being waived for in-network primary care, behavioral health and telehealth visits.
Hospital revenues fell 13% in March due to COVID-19, according to the company's flash report.
$12 billion is going to 395 hospitals that provided inpatient care for 100 or more COVID-19 patients.
New funds should not be used to cover the cost of treating the uninsured, though Congress needs to address that, providers say.
HRSA's Federal Office of Rural Health Policy awarded $5 million to develop cross-state licensure for clinicians.
The rules move the healthcare system from an environment built by providers and payers to one in which patients are in control, Rucker says.
With a precipitous drop in volume, some organizations are going back to basics from a revenue cycle standpoint.