Due to rising medical supply costs as well as the cost of drugs and labor, total expenses for Connecticut hospitals in 2022 were $3.5 billion higher than they were before the pandemic – a more dire predicament than that seen by hospitals nationwide, according to new findings from the Connecticut Hospital Association.
Patient and consumer advocacy organizations, including the Center for American Progress and the Legal Council for Health Justice, have sent letters to the IRS and Consumer Protection Bureau pushing the Biden administration to do more to protect Americans from medical bills and debt collectors.
In the wake of a “severe illness season,” Highmark Health is teaming with Kinsa to deploy its real-time illness insights and season forecast to predict healthcare utilization, recognize staffing needs and plan emergency department and ICU bed capacity when infectious diseases like COVID-19 and infl
Health systems are required to retain clinical, HR and financial data, which all have differing retention lengths, says Tower Health VP and Chief Applications Officer Sidney Dixon during a preview of his HIMSS23 session.