By Deirdre Ruttle – The Price Transparency rule is intended to help consumers know the costs of hospital healthcare services before receiving them. While providing a list of services and prices is useful, it’s only part of the solution to help patients understand what they owe.
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By Jordan Rau – The federal government’s effort to penalize hospitals for excessive patient readmissions is ending its first decade with Medicare cutting payments to nearly half the nation’s hospitals. In its 10th annual round of penalties, Medicare is reducing its payments to 2,499 hospitals, or 47% of all facilities.
By David Burda – Welcome to the latest installment of 4sight Health’s monthly series, How Healthcare Revolutionaries Think, with Glen Tullman. Our interview series profiles healthcare instigators who believe that outcomes matter, customers count and value rules.
New On Demand Dr. Nick: The Incrementalist: With guest Adam Sachs, CEO and Co-Founder of Vicarious Surgical a company that is rethinking surgery.
By Mark Kestner MD – While the use of telehealth to provide patients with health-related services is not new, the COVID-19 pandemic has expanded its use exponentially. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 30% of health center visits during the later half of 2020 occurred via telehealth.
New On Demand Dr. Nick: The Incrementalist: With guest Walter Jin, CEO at Pager, a virtual care company that integrates care across different platforms and channels with the goal of democratizing access of healthcare to the widest possible population, nationally and internationally, as possible.
By Pamela J. Gallagher – Everywhere I see headlines about “The Great Resignation.” I am particularly concerned with the employees who are left behind to pick up the slack as open positions remain unfilled.
By Matt Fisher – Security will only be as good as the design and implementation behind it. Acknowledging those realities is important to help ensure that security is actually built into systems and that data are actually protected. However, what is behind those concepts? That is where the nuance will arise.
By Gevik Nalbandian – Telemedicine first began as a form of healthcare delivery in the late 1960s by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Nebraska Psychology Institute. Fast forward to present day 2021, almost two years into the pandemic, and telehealth has exploded.