Health Exec caught up with Erik Swanson, senior vice president of data and analytics at Kaufman Hall, to learn more about the underlying trends throughout 2022 and what hospitals are bracing for in 2023.

Cardiac amyloidosis can be especially challenging to identify and diagnose, making it a perfect target for advanced AI models.

Claire Ernst, director of government affairs, Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), explains the list of priorities for the association, include staving off the large Medicare reimbursement cuts, continuation of telehealth reimbursements, and revamping prior authorizations. 

The group will examine data from approximately 1,600 patients, focusing on the relationship between the heart and the aorta. 

One patient received a total of 41 stents from 2004 to 2013. He said the experience was so hard that he feared he would be driven to suicide. 

Northwestern Medicine opens a new outpatient cardiology clinic to address better patient access to care in Chicago's south suburbs. 

After a significant jump in healthcare spending in 2020 with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare spending in the United States only increased 2.7% in 2021, according to new analysis from the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), published in Health Affairs.

CEO turnover surged in the final months of 2022, indicating that the disruptive labor challenges that have defined this year may not be over.