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.
Authorities allege the pharmacy chain gave patients more insulin than prescribed and then billed Medicare and Medicaid for the full amounts. This allegedly occurred for more than a decade.
The deal will not be finalized until approved by Exact Sciences’ shareholders. With it, Abbott gains control of new diagnostic tools, including a popular at-home test for colorectal cancer.
Scott Gottlieb, MD, will take on the new position “effective immediately.” UnitedHealth Group did not say what, if any, steering committee the former FDA lead will sit on.
Dubbed “Clearity,” the new health plans will have four tiers to choose from, allowing patients to select the provider and services that are right for them. The insurance is similar to a concierge care model, but backed by a potentially larger network.
A new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation demonstrates distressing evidence that employment losses—and the subsequent loss of healthcare benefits tied to those jobs—has directly related in a nearly 20 percent increase in the number of Medicaid subscribers.
After months of fireworks from the two goliaths of healthcare in the city of Pittsburgh, the roaring battle has subsided into a fragile, temporary ceasefire that likely will end up punishing subscribers more than any of its principal players.
New VRAD CEO George Morgan sat down with Imagingbiz to discuss his recent appointment to the position, his view of the future of teleradiology, and why it's better to take a public company private.
Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. (TAMS) has named Calum Cunningham vice president, Business Operations. In his new role, Cunningham is responsible for Toshiba's business operations, specifically in maintaining customer satisfaction.
Two months after activating all four sites of a study into portable, patient-controlled medical records, a Mt. Sinai researcher is seeing evidence that his model could help drive down imaging costs through an innovative, open-source model.
Castlight Health, the company that facilitates healthcare e-consumerism, set a niche record today for the most amount of money raised by an HIT start-up, according to Forbes.
In a per-capita comparison among a dozen other Western nations, the United States is far and away the price leader in healthcare if not the utilization leader, according to a new report from policy group The Commonwealth Fund.