Patient Engagement
New claims processing systems cost up to $300 million, so insurers are looking to outsource instead.
Prices that are higher than average for any given area weren't associated with better performance, study shows.
Medicaid patients were 20 percent more likely than privately insured patients to wait 20 minutes or longer, study says.
Vendors like CarePayment and Docpay help hospitals and medical practices create plans to collect, avoiding bad debt.
But regulations and the rise of high-deductible plans are making a difficult job even harder.
Offering same-day services fits in with a broader shift in oncology toward patient-centered care, keeps cancer patients out of emergency departments, expert says.
Aware Recovery Care treats addiction as a chronic illness that doesn't disappear just because symptoms are under control, VP says.
In two thirds of quality measures, men and women scored similarly; differences surfaced in procedures like eye exams and mental health treatment.
For starters, secure C-suite support: It's not enough to listen to employees and departments when planning mHealth initiatives, IBM says.
Hospitals, doctors' practices, government, insurers, and healthcare IT companies could all be affected, Kalorama says.