By Caryn Hewitt – Healthcare facilities continue to face challenges when aiming to optimize healthcare performance. These hurdles range from ongoing staffing and financial disruption to clinician burnout and inadequate resources. In a recent survey, frontline workers named lack of resources and increasing involvement in clinical documentation among their top stressors.
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By Richa Jain – Looking at the massive amounts of complex financial processes, the need for an efficient and more patient-centric system cannot be denied. But what does the future have for RCM? Do you know how several innovations are driving this change?
By Steve Siegel – As Americans’ life expectancy increases, so does their likelihood of undergoing major surgery at some point in their lives. Knee replacement surgery, or total knee arthroplasty (TKA), is poised for a significant surge, projected to increase from 790,000 surgeries per year to 3.48 million by 2030.
By James Bouchard – Gather top, innovative healthcare organizations and supply chain leaders in the same place for two days and one thing becomes clear. Age-old procurement strategies are no longer working for the growing demands and pressures faced by health systems every day.
By Sarah Mendiola – Claims denials are an issue that do not merely take a financial toll on healthcare providers; they create a ripple effect that delays payment, eats up staff time and resources, and worsens the patient experience.
By Devin Partida – Healthcare is constantly evolving, which means the demand for more advanced and efficient EHR systems grows stronger. Implementing these systems can be costly, but grants offer a valuable solution to alleviate financial barriers.
By Julie Schulz MD MPH – In addition to being one of the top 10 causes of death in the United States, chronic kidney disease is a significant driver of cost for commercial insurance and Medicare. However, significant costs can be avoided with earlier detection, better quality care, and aligned physician incentives.
By Ram Krishnan – As part of a broader movement across healthcare to improve patient outcomes while reducing costs, behavioral health has seen a shift toward value-based care incentivizing providers to deliver high-quality and efficient care by linking payment to patient health outcomes.
By Inga Rose & and Aaron Schlum – On May 6, FDA published a final rule that will change the way laboratory-developed tests are regulated. The rule phases out the agency’s general policy of “enforcement discretion” and mandates that, across five stages within the next four years, LDTs will be beholden to the same regulatory requirements as in vitro diagnostics.