Patient Engagement
40 percent of California population identifies as Latino; only about 5 percent of all physicians are Latino, California Health Care Foundation says.
Forty-three percent of returning consumers to the federal government's online exchange, healthcare.gov, switched policies last year.
30 percent of all health spending, $750 billion, is wasted on fraud, administration and needless procedures, estimate says.
The accidental health app bested other tools in engaging patients who stand to benefit most.
Medicare wants to more than double payment offered to dialysis providers to educate patients to $95.57 for 2.66 hours of a nurse's time.
Naltrexone and acamprosate are the two drugs on the market for patients with alcohol cravings.
Only 25 percent of hospitals funded teams in 2013 that included a physician, advanced practice or RN, social worker, chaplain, analysis shows.
At the same time, health plans spend more than $654 million per year in unnecessary claims resolution calls, HealthEdge found.
When people start shopping around for care, it's time to start listening to patients, HFMA report claims.
Others par8o clients include MGM Resorts in Las Vegas, The William F. Ryan Community Health Network, Dignity Health, and St. Joseph Health System in Anaheim, California.