Business Intelligence

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.

UnitedHealth shareholders push company to report on impact of claims denials
The motion is being advanced by religious groups and hedge funds alike, with the decision to develop a report set to be voted on at the UnitedHealth Group 2025 annual meeting.
Healthcare private equity reporting act signed into law by Mass. governor
The new law will require private equity firms to make disclosures related to organizational structure and finances if they intend to operate a medical facility or provider organization in the state.
Healthcare, AI top list of fastest growing jobs
While artificial intelligence engineers and consultants took the top two spots, physical therapists and advanced practice providers also landed among the 25 fastest growing jobs in the U.S.
$49B in medical debt to be erased from credit reports
A new final rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau bans reporting agencies from including medical debts on credit reports or factoring them into credit scores.
$3.3B merger of UnitedHealth and Amedisys delayed by DOJ lawsuit
The new deadline for the deal to be finalized is Dec. 31, 2025. However, the ultimate fate of UnitedHealth's acquisition of Amedisys will be decided in a federal court.

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

June 2, 2023

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

May 31, 2023

Center for AI Safety extinction statement

Tech thought leaders issue terse warning on humanity’s ‘risk of extinction’ at the hands of AI

Several hundred AI experts, stakeholders and commentators are alerting the world to the technology’s potential for widespread harm.

May 31, 2023

private health insurance claims denial delay

Hospitals set back by private payers’ penchant for declining claims, delaying payments

Commercial health insurers tend to reimburse providers considerably more per service than their governmental counterparts. However, they’re also much more likely to initially deny claims.

May 29, 2023