Cost management strategies need to focus on simplifying the system, doing away with the outdated processes that inflate costs, and building and deploying tools that allow organizations to control their spending. The post Healthcare Doesn’t Need More Companies Managing Unnecessary Costs – It Needs a System Designed to Eliminate Them appeared first on MedCity News.
In the 39 states that are adopting or may adopt the high unemployment hardship exception, about 1.4 million or 7.5% of Medicaid expansion enrollees live in one of the 133 counties that currently meet the high-unemployment criteria.
Overwhelmed by the demands of caregiving, Quette dialed 911 when she found her teenage son downstairs in their kitchen struggling to breathe. He had rolled his wheelchair to the oven to keep himself warm as he tried to regulate his temperature, she recalled, and was drenched in sweat from an apparent infection. In that moment,…
In 1996, Guinea-Bissau seemed like an ideal research post for budding pediatrician Lone Graff Stensballe. Her supervisor, a fellow Dane named Peter Aaby, had spent nearly two decades collecting data on 100,000 people living in the mud brick homes of the West African country’s capital. Aaby and his partner, Christine Stabell Benn, believed that the…
President Donald Trump earlier this year bought as much as $680,000 in stock of Eli Lilly, the maker of blockbuster obesity drugs, as the agencies he oversees undertook an agenda that largely benefited the company. On May 14, the federal government released ethics disclosures revealing a list of stock and bond trades made on Trump’s…
By OWEN TRIPP For decades, quality in healthcare has been defined on industry terms — not people’s terms. New technology and innovative health plan designs are finally changing that. People know quality when they see it, and they are definitely not seeing it in healthcare. Fifty-six percent of Americans rate the quality of care as…
Duracyte’s implants employ cells engineered to produce therapeutic protein, bypassing the complexities of traditional biologics manufacturing. The startup’s marriage of biotechnology with electronics comes with on-board sensors that enable clinicians to monitor and control an implant’s drug production process. The post This Startup Aims to Upend Biologic Drug Production With Implantable ‘Cell Factories’ appeared first…
Cigna’s exit from the ACA individual market is causing one healthcare expert to question the long-term potential of ICHRA. The post Could Cigna Exiting the Individual Market be an Indictment of ICHRA? appeared first on MedCity News.
A new report from PayZen found that providers collect just 31% of patient bills on average, even as patient payments account for a growing share of health system revenue. PayZen executive Tobias Mezger outlined how providers can improve the patient financial experience through clearer pre-care payment conversations and more flexible financing options. The post What…
When demand fluctuates, even slightly, the margin for error becomes clear – highlighting the urgent need for greater efficiency to meet rising procedural demand. The post What Seasonal Pressures Continue to Teach Us About the Fragility of the US Surgical System appeared first on MedCity News.