Risk Management
Hospitals are increasingly turning to credit checks to determine both an individual's ability to pay and to mine data on their patient population's health.
While accountable care organizations piloted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services are expanding due to the government's focus on alternative payment models, ACOs run by private insurers are growing as health systems weigh the benefits of joining.
Officials at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center on Wednesday night said they have paid hackers a $17,000 ransom to regain access and control over the hospital's computer systems after a low-tech ransomware attack locked them out of their networks.
The Department of Health and Human Services has proposed new rules on patient record disclosures to ensure substance use disorder patients can participate in new integrated healthcare models without risk of having their records shared inappropriately.
Financial challenges once again ranked as the top concern for hospital chief executive officers in 2015, according to a new study by the American College of Healthcare Executives. Patient safety and quality, and governmental mandates came in as the 2nd and 3rd highest concerns.
As of February 2, 67 rural hospitals have closed nationwide since 2010 and another 210 are on the brink, according to a study by iVantage Health Analytics.
The World Health Organization will hold an International Health Regulations Emergency Committee meeting on February 1 to determine whether the outbreak and spread of the Zika virus across constitutes a public health emergency of international concern.
Health insurer Centene on Tuesday said the loss of six hard drives with health info in 950,000 beneficiaries was a result of an employee error.
Health insurer Centene Corp. on Monday said it has lost six hard drives containing the health information of about 950,000 beneficiaries.
Healthcare organizations are bulking up their privacy protections with firewalls, encryption, data loss prevention software and more, but the much lower-tech visual hacking threat is still a concern, according to a new 3M educational campaign.