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.
The Patients Before Monopolies Act was introduced into both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives with bipartisan support. If it passes, pharmacy benefit managers would be required to divest from retail stores.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said it’s issuing a nationwide moratorium on new providers entering the spaces until it has a chance to look into allegations of fraud, waste and abuse. It confirmed investigations of various organizations are pending.
Private-equity acquisitions of primary-care provider practices neither alter hospitalization rates nor affect acute-care outcomes, according to new research out of Brown University.
Duke Health said the analytics platform will help it better understand the patient care needs of the local community, improve satisfaction scores and guide decisions about expanding services.
Elisabeth Potter, MD, said her clinic has been removed from the insurer’s provider networks, putting her business $5 million in debt as she faces a lawsuit over a social media video.
The U.S. Department of Justice confirmed that divestitures will be made in 19 of the 20 states at high risk of overconsolidation in the hospice market as a result of the merger. The transaction is now expected to move forward.
When dissatisfied patients slam provider entities in online reviews, they tend to focus on administrative frustrations and thwarted requests. By contrast, satisfied healthcare consumers write quick, list-like rundowns of things that pleased them.
The number is almost double initial estimates. With final data breach notifications now sent, UnitedHealthcare said its investigation into the February 2024 ransomware attack is coming to a close.
Hospitals are awarded Honor Roll points if they rank in one or more of the 15 specialties that U.S. News evaluates, and in one or more of the 22 procedures or conditions for patient outcomes.