Payers and providers are figuring out ways to overcome the transportation barriers that get in the way of people receiving healthcare.
Healthcare has always been evolving, but now it's evolving more than ever. What has changed are the trends in the health/tech space, the challenges CEOs are facing, and ways brands are improving convenience for the consumer.
In today’s COVID-19 environment, care management has become more important than ever. Currently, about one in four Americans live with multiple chronic conditions, and when one considers that 80% of outcomes are determined by nonclinical factors, it’s an indisputable claim that people need help between healthcare encounters.
By doubling down on digital investments that transform the workplace, organizations improve their workforce management through the end of the crisis and build up their digital capabilities for a promising future.
By doubling down on digital investments that transform the workplace, organizations improve their workforce management through the end of the crisis and build up their digital capabilities for a promising future.
It’s difficult for people seeking mental health treatment to get it right now. COVID-19 has effectively halted most non-essential doctors’ visits and accessing behavioral health treatment is even more challenging than in the past due to limitations with residential treatment and outpatient group sessions.
Physician Performance LLC’s Weekly Zoom Clinical Call fills physicians in about the initial steps of palliative care.
Dr. Charity provides mental health support and advice to the growing number of burned out health workers.
Healthcare providers have increasingly entered into value-based contracts with payers in recent years because they offer the opportunity to increase revenue-the primary driver of change for any business.
Per member spending in private insurance is expected to grow at 6.8% annually due to both utilization and increases in price.
As the world has gone virtual during the coronavirus pandemic, so has healthcare. Digital transformation has accelerated at warp speed, with virtual care delivery going from rare exception to operating norm almost overnight.
A digital-first strategy is a way to navigate through the COVID-19 storm.
For those of us who spend our lives and careers fighting to improve care for individuals with the most significant medical, social and behavioral health needs, a study that found disappointing results from a well-regarded model will not deter us, but only reinforce the power and necessity of our endeavor.
Hotspots can be predicted by identifying areas with a large percentage of residents with chronic conditions.
Dwindling reliance on primary care physicians is burdening healthcare system and limiting care resources.
Amid considerable uncertainty in healthcare, quality care coordination is largely within your own control and can make an immensely positive impact on those you serve.
As the U.S. begins reopening, potentially sparking a “second wave” of COVID-19 cases, hospitals and health systems will need to continue operating in a state of high-stress readiness.
As the U.S. begins reopening, potentially sparking a “second wave” of COVID-19 cases, hospitals and health systems will need to continue operating in a state of high-stress readiness.
The COVID-19 pandemic is having a dramatic impact on healthcare, the global economy, and people’s daily lives. FinTech executive Monica Eaton-Cardone notes that the crisis also underscores the need to encourage women to make careers in science, technology, engineering, and math.
Three new scientific theories explaining that although autoimmune disease affects both genders, women are at an overwhelming disadvantage.
Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources, or FHIR, is a long-awaited interoperability rule that will enable seamless, on-demand information exchange of clinical records among providers and data systems and will result in coordinated, cost-efficient care.
Despite everything we hear in the news lately, there is a silver lining to the Covid-19 cloud. For certain, the landscape of the Addiction Treatment Industry has changed and arguably, the old ways of doing business are no longer sustainable in this environment.
Understandably, there is a lot of nervousness around how COVID-19 is going to affect the healthcare industry-both in the near-term as well as the distant future. As the organizations that will have to take on a majority of the financial and operational burden of the COVID pandemic, providers will be hit the hardest in the short-term. As a result, a majority of relief, both at federal and local levels, can be expected to be centered around rescuing providers post-COVID.
Understandably, there is a lot of nervousness around how COVID-19 is going to affect the healthcare industry-both in the near-term as well as the distant future. As the organizations that will have to take on a majority of the financial and operational burden of the COVID pandemic, providers will be hit the hardest in the short-term. As a result, a majority of relief, both at federal and local levels, can be expected to be centered around rescuing providers post-COVID.
States are moving to curb copay accumulators as federal government pulls back from regulation.
As the pandemic enters its fourth month in the U.S., the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (the Innovation Center) has announced several changes that, on the whole, increase flexibility for program participants.