Business Intelligence

Providers utilize business intelligence to monitor referral patterns and collaborate with clinicians who order their services. Such analytics tools have also been deployed in the specialty to improve productivity, track patient satisfaction and bolster quality.

Some physicians not only avoid burnout but also find fulfillment. Here’s how they do it.
Of surveyed and interviewed U.S. physicians who showed significant six-month improvement in follow-up vs. baseline wellness checks, 47% attributed the gain to active personal changes. Not far behind were those who credited active work-related changes—40% of the field.
Mayo Clinic, Thermo Fisher Scientific launch new AI-supported diagnostics company
The new entity, Precure, will be owned by both groups. Its work in detecting early disease for timely intervention stems from a research project launched this summer. The Mayo Clinic said Precure will make the results of that initiative actionable.
HHS-OIG audit finds that major Medicare Advantage insurers engaged in $180M of alleged upcoding
The payers in question, Humana and UnitedHealthcare, deny any wrongdoing and are not obligated to pay back any money.
$5.2B healthcare RCM giant Waystar seeking buyer, report reveals
Any negotiations are currently in the early stages, sources told Reuters. If a deal closes, Waystar could be taken off the stock market and restructure itself as a private business.
3 ways to cut specialists’ wait times without adding more specialists
Add lanes to a highway and the traffic only gets more congested. Add doctors to a local health system and waiting times increase. What explains these parallel paradoxes?

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

87% of mammography centers now have 3D breast imaging systems

Rapid adoption of digital breast tomosynthesis has increasingly made it a new standard of care.

Layoffs up 287% in first 5 months of 2023; healthcare sector not immune

Healthcare companies, including manufacturers that produce health products, announced a total of 33,085 layoffs in the first five months of 2023—an 81% increase compared to the same time frame in 2022.

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

Center for AI Safety extinction statement

Tech thought leaders issue terse warning on humanity’s ‘risk of extinction’ at the hands of AI

Several hundred AI experts, stakeholders and commentators are alerting the world to the technology’s potential for widespread harm.

private health insurance claims denial delay

Hospitals set back by private payers’ penchant for declining claims, delaying payments

Commercial health insurers tend to reimburse providers considerably more per service than their governmental counterparts. However, they’re also much more likely to initially deny claims.

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

Business Intelligence

Some physicians not only avoid burnout but also find fulfillment. Here’s how they do it.

Mayo Clinic, Thermo Fisher Scientific launch new AI-supported diagnostics company

HHS-OIG audit finds that major Medicare Advantage insurers engaged in $180M of alleged upcoding

$5.2B healthcare RCM giant Waystar seeking buyer, report reveals

3 ways to cut specialists’ wait times without adding more specialists