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 financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition adds 400 new payers, health systems and employers who offer virtual care benefits to Fabric's portfolio.
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.
The American College of Radiology has updated 39 of its appropriateness criteria and added another five to its evidence-based guidelines for health care providers.
According to its second annual global healthcare data management survey, BridgeHead Software reports that “healthcare leaders around the world” say that PACS accounts for the biggest share of their data.
Congress has removed a major roadblock to the Food and Drug Administration's regulation of medical mobile apps by modifying a section of the FDA Saftey and Innovation Act (S:3187).
Lack of a permanent sustainable growth rate (SGR) fix for Medicare physician payments and accountable care organization (ACO) payment models that ask practices to share financial risk with payors top the list of concerns of members of the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA)/American College of Medical Practice Executives (ACMPE).
The Supreme Court has ruled that the mandate that all Americans purchase health insurance is constitutional because it is a kind of tax that Congress has the right to levy. The justices rejected the idea that it falls under the power of Congress to regulate commerce between the states.
One year into the implementation of the Connecticut law that provides additional information to dense-breasted women about their risk for breast cancer, a study published in the journal Radiology looked into the benefits of adjunctive screening for such patients.
Last week, Siemens Healthcare opened a brand new factory in Wood Dale, IL for the refurbishment of its devices, including its CT, MR, and molecular imaging technologies.