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.
Independence Blue Cross, the largest medical insurance provider in the Philadelphia area, does not admit to wrongdoing. It was accused in a lawsuit backed by the U.S. Department of Justice of misrepresenting the severity of patient illnesses to juice risk-adjusted Medicare payments.
With its $350M in new funding, EliseAI said it plans to build out its technology and sales force. It currently works with specialty provider groups to automate practice operations such as scheduling and insurance verification.
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.
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.
Two of New Jersey’s oldest imaging center operators, South Jersey Radiology Associates and Booth Radiology have merged forming a 13-location, 60 radiologist practice
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) have published final rules to renew and revise the 2006 EHR exception and safe harbor from self-referral/anti-kickback requirements
A new report from Premier, Inc, indicates that hospital leadership is moving more slowly than previously signaled when it comes to active ACO participation.
Holders of Health Management Associates, Inc., (HMA) stock have overwhelmingly approved a $7.5 billion deal for HMA to be acquired by rival Community Health Systems, Inc., (CHS) creating the nation’s largest publicly-traded hospital company
Dean Norman Janes, the now former CEO of Imaging3, leaves the Burbank, Calif.-based developer of the Dominion Volumetric Imaging Scanner amid allegations that the intentionally mislead investors in the company about the true reasons the Dominion scanner failed three times to get U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) 501k clearance
With less than 10 percent of EHR vendors whose products met 2011 edition meaningful use certification criteria going on to meet the 2014 edition criteria, hospitals and physician organizations who bought the wrong product may need to turn to the courts in hopes of getting some of their investment back
With the USPSTF grade B recommendation in hand, proponents of responsible screening for lung cancer with low-dose CT now turn toward the critical problem of actually getting those at high risk for lung cancer tested