Patient Engagement
The goals are enhancing patient safety, improving the patient experience and increasing operational efficiencies.
Just one-third of voters say they trust insurers to look after their best interests.
In OIG's estimation, almost three quarters of inactive, or “ghost,” providers should not have been listed as network providers.
The company recently partnered with UW Medicine and Alaska Airlines to move specialty medications from Seattle to Spokane, shortening the route, reducing time and packaging for home deliveries, says CEO Amit Gir.
The goal is to develop AI-based technology that can assist doctors in real time during heart procedures.
The Governors Public Health Alliance will allow states to share expertise and resources amid “the federal government wreaking havoc on public health.”
Nationwide, there are inconsistencies in beneficiaries’ ability to afford care, access doctors, meet prior authorization requirements and avoid unnecessary hospitalizations.
Their concern is errors that could cause thousands of eligible Medicaid beneficiaries to be denied coverage.
The surgeries took place despite medical research showing they provide little to no clinical benefit, authors say.
The bill requires PBMs to be licensed and end the practice of spread pricing, among other requirements.