The study finds that pharmacists could save millions of lives and more than $1 trillion in healthcare costs if they were given more leeway to help patients with chronic care management and coordination.
AMAZON TAKES ON HEALTH SYSTEMS WITH NEW CARE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
Health Condition Programs gives consumers convenient and virtual access to care management and other services to address chronic health conditions like diabetes and hypertension
IS PHARMACY EXPANSION AN EFFECTIVE RX FOR HEALTH SYSTEMS?
Health Systems like Essentia Health are using specially trained EMS teams to help recently discharged patients and those with chronic care needs stay out of the hospital.
SHOULD MENTAL HEALTHCARE BE CONSIDERED PRIMARY CARE?
Highmark Health recently announced the integration of behavioral healthcare into its health plan portal. It’s evidence that health systems are taking a close look at what primary care really means.
Health systems across the country are launching telemedicine programs aimed at improving the nurse's workload, but both value and sustainability are hard to pin down.
HHS PROPOSES INFORMATION BLOCKING PENALTIES FOR HEALTH SYSTEMS
The proposed penalties, if made final, could be levied on healthcare organizations that knowingly and unreasonably interfere with the access, exchange, or use of electronic health information.
HHS TELLS HEALTH SYSTEMS: GET SERIOUS ABOUT CYBERSECURITY
Federal officials have unveiled a new strategy to address rising cybersecurity incidents. It includes incentives to improve data security, beefed-up guidelines, and the potential for cuts in reimbursement.
BIDEN AI PLAN SPURS CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM IN HEALTHCARE
Healthcare organizations and tech companies say the President's Executive Order is a good first step toward establishing AI policy, but will actions support the words?
While the industry prepares for an 18- to 24-month merger cycle, will watching the deal change the deal? A recap of key coverage and what's changed already.
BATTLE OF THE BLUES: HCSC AND ELEVANCE BID FOR CIGNA'S MA BUSINESS
The immediate outcome is only part of the picture as short-term versus long-term and growth versus transformation mark a shifting Medicare Advantage landscape.
"RVU was supposed to solve compensation problems, but I believe it has now become the problem because people are defining it in too many ways," says Northwell Health's EVP and Physician-in-Chief David Battinelli.
SCRIPPS HEALTH CMO PUSHES 6 RS OF OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE
Hospital volumes for not-for-profits have largely recovered from the pandemic, however, expenses, particularly salaries and wages, remain stubbornly high.
