While the clinical discipline carries incredibly high standards to preserve and protect life, Jonathan Bush believes healthcare lacks the process discipline needed to deliver effective care with capability and control. Chairman, CEO and co-founder of Waltham, Mass.-based athenahealth, Bush used his experience as an owner of a struggling medical group as an opportunity to explore his vision for revenue-cycle management that would enable providers through a more controlled claims environment, and ultimately reduce processing nightmares for their payers, too.
Personal Health Information was Released in Change Healthcare Hack
April 23rd 2024UnitedHealth has found 22 screenshots, allegedly from Change Healthcare files, that were posted for about a week on the dark web. Some of these contained personal health information. The extent of data release is not yet known.
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Drug Discount Programs Poised to Change with New Tech, Pharma Execs Survey Finds
April 22nd 2024It is somewhat mind-boggling in 2024 that more than one-third of pharma organizations still rely on manual entry of data into Excel spreadsheets to track duplicate discounts that can cost millions of dollars a year in lost revenue
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DC Roundtable: Patrick Cooney of The Federal Group Drops the Latest on PBM Legislation in Washington
April 11th 2024In this episode of "DC Roundtable," Peter Wehrwein, managing editor of Managed Healthcare Executive, spoke with Patrick Cooney, president of The Federal Group, a lobbying and strategic planning firm in Washington, D.C., about recent developments in Washington concerning PBMs.
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