Private insurance prices grew 47% more quickly than Medicare rates over seven years, KFF reported May 18. Healthcare costs are a top concern for systems, patients and lawmakers, and prices vary across regions and hospitals and payers within those regions.…
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Submissions are due May 20 for the first phase of HHS’ EHIgnite Challenge to transform raw EHR data into actionable intelligence for clinicians and patients. ONC launched the competition in February and plans to award nine prizes of $10,000 each…
Older adults are interested in using digital tools to manage their healthcare but often lack the technological wherewithal to do so, CVS Health found. Here are four things to know from CVS’ May 18 research report, which included ethnographic studies,…