In a recent survey, the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange polled 103 health plans on their preparations for the transition to ICD-10.
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Tuesday, October 21, 2014 | 12:00 – 1:00 CST Overview: Today’s healthcare landscape is quickly evolving, making it more challenging to deliver excellent care coordination both inside and outside of hospitals. Healthcare reform, Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), physician satisfaction, and patient…
Three accountable care organizations from across the country have announced they're exiting the Pioneer program, leaving only 19 of the original 32 Pioneer ACOs, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.
Not that long ago, McAllen, Texas, seemed to be the epitome of a problem that has plagued the U.S. healthcare system for years — healthcare costs were soaring, but people weren't getting any healthier. Healthcare costs in the mid-sized…
Health insurer UnitedHealthcare has established two new accountable care organizations in Illinois: One with Downers Grove, Ill.-based Advocate Health Care, and another with Illinois Health Partners in Downers Grove.
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) has signed amendments that will require health insurance companies in the state to provide coverage for ostomy supplies and equipment starting Jan. 1, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.
The Obama administration is reconsidering its enrollment target for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act exchanges next year, HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell told reporters Wednesday, according to a Los Angeles Times report.
Technology, especially mobile technology, has done a lot of great things for the healthcare space. It's made record keeping and patient tracking easier, and it's helped providers make almost continual leaps and bounds in quality improvement, safety and value creation.…
One of the most recent and innovative women’s healthcare service offerings is the obstetrical emergency department, or OB-ED. The OB-ED redefines the standard of women’s care in the hospital setting, promoting patient safety and enhancing satisfaction, improving quality, and…
The change has begun. According to a Kaufman Hall survey of nonprofit hospital executives, nonprofit hospitals have experienced a decrease in inpatient utilization and an increase in outpatient utilization during the first and second quarters of 2014. In addition, the…