Healthcare costs for a typical American family of four reached $31,065 this year, according to the new 2023 Milliman Medical Index, which measures healthcare costs for individuals and families receiving coverage from an employer-sponsored preferred provider plan.
DrFirst’s AI-driven medication algorithm can read the intent of the prescription renewal request, says CMO Dr. Colin Banas.
Epic MyChart is used to communicate with patients about clinical research, says Cleveland Clinic’s chief research information officer Dr. Lara Jehi, and IT product director for population health Craig Martin.
The federal government wants to drive down prescription drug costs. What’s the plan? We’ll answer that and other questions in this week’s Top Stories, including: How is Bright Heath faring? And what are providers doing with Epic software? For more news and features from Jeff Lagasse, visit Healthcare Finance News. In this episode:
Recent legislation establishing a $2,000 out-of-pocket cap in Medicare Part D has the potential to lower out-of-pocket costs for more than 125,000 Part D beneficiaries who use ultra-expensive drugs and are ineligible for low-income subsidies, according to a new JAMA Health Forum analysis.
ComplyAssistant CEO Gerry Blass and University Hospital CISO Frank Sinatra discuss the Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices (HICP) guide, which aims to prevent threats coming from phishing, ransomware, data loss and attacks against connected medical devices.
Physician compensation is on the rise but not keeping pace with inflation, according to the Medical Group Management Association’s 34th annual DataDive Provider Compensation report. Although growth in median total compensation for primary care providers doubled from 2021 to 2022, from 2.13% to 4.41% respectively, it couldn’t overtake inflation rates of 7% and 6.5%. WHY […]
The current manual process could be made easier by mining data in the EHR for specific research, says Robert Stillman, director of clinical and research informatics at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
Now that the COVID-19 public health emergency has ended, FDA officials are predicting a possible shortage of medical devices, saying in a new Health Affairs article that the supply chain may be threatened now that there will no longer be mandatory reporting.
CVS Health projects it will incur up to a $1 billion reduction in net income in 2024 based on the result of the Medicare Advantage Star Ratings. Net income will be affected by $800 million to $1 billion, according to Seeking Alpha.