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CMS is proposing that hospitals make public their payer-specific negotiated charges for a limited set of "shoppable" services or face civil monetary penalties, in a rule to go into effect on January 1, 2020.
Internal and external gaps in interoperability were the second most-cited barrier to VBC adoption, at 19.7%.
Pilot member engagement project with Docent Health signals investment in consumer experience.
Dr. Robert Pearl, author of "Mistreated," discusses lessons learned - from his years as a surgeon, Stanford professor and as CEO of at Kaiser Permanente - about how to improve the American healthcare system with the help of technology.
The Omnibus Burden Reduction and Discharge Planning rules both aim to reduce red tape and enable transparency, says Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma.
Digital health companies are evolving from mere point solutions to "flip stack" vendors complete with clinical staff, innovative therapeutics and more, says Catalyst @ Health 2.0 President and co-founder Dr. Indu Subaiya.
America's Essential Hospitals said it is working with lawmakers to stop $4 billion in cuts for 2020 from taking effect November 22.
MOBE works with the 5% of the commercial population that spends 20% of insurer dollars.
An estimated 80% of the homeless population has at least one chronic health condition.
Medical providers receiving higher amounts of industry payments tend to bill higher drug and medical costs.