By John Schwartz – Our healthcare system has evolved based upon the need for a visit, planned or impromptu, to a medical provider. The inefficiencies, glut of utilization and exponentially rising costs that flow from it as funded by the long-standing “fee-for-service” payment methodology have been well chronicled to date.
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By Devin Partida – One of risk classifications common applications relates to the insurance industry. Insurers consider the overall risk associated with a physician or practice and then conclude whether to offer coverage. Here are some other helpful specifics about these groupings.
Answers Media Network and Azara Healthcare continued series of webinars on value-based care. With the recent release of the 2022 QPP proposed rule, Azara’s Matt Fusan and Erica Arias dissect the proposed changes and the impact those changes could have to healthcare providers.
By Rob Chappell – It has been said that necessity is the mother of invention, and I know firsthand the truth in this statement. Nearly 20 years ago I was a young electrical engineer writing software in the pipeline services industry when I developed a hand and wrist injury that I couldn’t quite shake.
By Clay Anderson – Healthcare has shifted over the past year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Elective surgeries came to a halt, visitor restrictions were put in place, ‘telehealth’ became a familiar word in the patient’s lexicon, and the world’s view of healthcare and its workers changed.
By Dan Matthews – Imagine a world in which healthcare is personalized to you based on your unique data and circumstances. Now imagine that the world can be brought into your own home to offer you the kind of healthcare treatments you need, all with the added benefit of artificial intelligence analysis and diagnostic tools.
By Devin Partida – As of May 10, 2020, IT specialists working in health care had to begin investigating how to implement requirements related to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Interoperability and Patient Access final rule. They have until 2022 to get it done, although specific deadlines apply for particular milestones.
By Ronnie Brown – Healthcare is leading the way for big innovation in 2021, grounded in artificial intelligence and driven by acceleration and adoption across all sectors of the industry – clinical, pharma, biotech, research, health plan benefits. Technology is changing the way healthcare is received and delivered.
By Devin Partida – The COVID-19 pandemic caused drastic shifts throughout virtually all segments of society. Here are six ways the health crisis influenced trends in the insurance industry.