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.
Starting in 2026, patients covered by UnitedHealthcare's Medicare Advantage and commercial plans will not have care reimbursed for instances of remote patient monitoring unless they have diagnosed heart failure or are pregnant and experiencing hypertension. The shift stands at odds with traditional Medicare, which added new claims codes for providers to use next year.
The company announced its IPO filing on Tuesday. Medline said it expects new investors to bring in a $5 billion influx of funds. A date has not been set for the stock’s listing on NASDAQ.
Dan Brillman, the former CEO and co-founder of coordinated care support service Unite Us, has left his position for a role in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, where he will be responsible for overseeing the federal government's safety net healthcare programs.
Tennessee-based Ballad Health said it's tried for years to resolve the issues with the insurer but now has 'no choice' but to take legal action, as denied claims are leading to longer hospital stays and higher expenses.
Eagle Imaging CEO Eric Slimmer, RT, was attending the RBMA conference in Colorado Springs, Colo., when the F5 tornado hit Moore, Okla., and filled the small Community Hospital ER his practice supported with victims
Covered California, the state’s health-care insurance exchange, named the 13 participants that will offer the four-tiered health-care insurance policies in 19 designated regions in California, where as many as 5 million residents are expected to obtain insurance for 2014, the Los Angeles Times reports
The Salt Lake City, Utah-based nonprofit health system that has made a name for itself as an innovator is now the first such organization to tackle the problem of how to monitor patients' cumulative radiation exposure over a lifetime
In its report on the President’s 2014 fiscal budget, the independent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) agreed with the White House that no savings should be anticipated from requiring third-party prior authorization for advanced imaging services — news that gave those opposed to the requirement another opportunity to make their case
Merger talks between the two Detroit-area health systems ended over differences in corporate cultures and concerns from Beaumont’s clinical chiefs, reports Crain’s Detroit Business
Hologic's new C-View 2D imaging software got the green light from the FDA, a development that will lead to less scanning time and lower radiation for patients, the company says