The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) will be awarding two new contracts designed to lower healthcare costs. The contracts – with Blue Shield of California and Included Health – create financial incentives to provide higher quality care at lower costs for members enrolled in its self-funded preferred provider organization (PPO) plans, according to CalPERS.

Mount Sinai Health System started using predictive AI for clinical care and has since expanded to streamline care to make it easier for patients, says CMIO Dr. Bruce Darrow.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is ending accelerated payments to providers and suppliers that were affected by the Change Healthcare cyberattack. CMS has announced that payments under the Accelerated and Advance Payment Program for the Change Healthcare/Optum Payment Disruption (CHOPD) will conclude on July 12. The payment disruption program addressed Medicare funding issues, […]

Israel has been in the game longer because it became fully electronic in the mid-90s, says Ran Balicer, HIMSS board of directors member.  

Healthcare providers can expect supply chain disruptions during the current hurricane season – which runs from June through November – and the Food and Drug Administration is advising them to make the necessary preparations.

In traditional FFS, clinicians see one patient, but in value-based care, the provider is responsible for a population of patients and needs to know where else they have received care, which brings in the necessity for interoperability, says Dr. Harm Scherpbier, HealthShare Exchange CMIO.