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 insurer is planning to reduce reimbursement timelines for hospitals in Oklahoma, Idaho, Minnesota and Missouri from 30 days to 15. The details are unclear, but the company said the framework could extend nationwide.
In a lawsuit, the EHR giant accuses Health Gorilla, et al., of posing as patient care entities to gain access to nearly 300,000 medical records, in violation of HIPAA. Health Gorilla vehemently denies the allegations.
The Wall Street Journal obtained a copy of a report from the Senate Judiciary Committee, which reviewed more than 50,000 documents sent by UnitedHealth related to its Medicare Advantage patients. The outlet published the findings of the inquiry.
Less than two years after closing its patient care clinics and selling its telehealth services, Walmart is re-entering healthcare with a new platform to match patients with virtual providers.
Among the second wave of DHHS Health Care Innovation Awards announced this week was a $6 million meaningful use grant to the Santa Monica, CA-based Imaging Advantage.
From the Center for Advanced Medicine at the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System in Success Lake, NY, GE announced Thursday a whopping 16-CT sale to the facility as a demonstration of the viability of its new low-dose facility blueprint.
A family physician from Show Low, AZ has launched a competitive pricing website for patients who need diagnostic imaging studies but can't afford to pay full price.
Women’s health legislation in New York took another step forward today with the bicameral passage of a Breast Density Inform law that would place more information in the hands of patients.
A pair of AMA policy positions announced yesterday—recommending formally that women should begin having routine mammography at age 40, and that insurers should adjust their policies to reflect this—were met with praise from imaging and disease specialty groups, who added that they should have been a part of the process from the beginning.
A new report released by the CDC on breast cancer screening among American women highlights lowering expenditures and improving insurance coverage as keys to improving mammography rates.
Three new AMA policy recommendations were announced today at the annual meeting of the association, including a position that 40 should be the new mandatory age for mammography, and that insurers should adjust their coverages accordingly.