The vast majority of rural healthcare organizations have expressed optimism about their financial viability. In a new Wipfli poll, 72% of respondents said they were “cautiously optimistic” and 24% saying they were “completely optimistic.”
HIMSS25 session will explore what both small and large MedTech developers need to bring their devices to market, say Gunnar Trommer of BCG X and Erik Adams of BCG.
Centene logged $283 million in profit during Q4 2024, marking a sizable increase from the insurer’s Q4 2023 profits of $45 million. Revenue also increased slightly year-over-year (YOY), from $39.5 billion to $40.8 billion. For the year, Centene pulled in $3.3 billion in profit – up from $2.7 billion in 2023 – and $163.1 billion […]
The chapter has representatives who work in the tech heavy region, including Van Steel, shareholder in LBMC’s cybersecurity division, who works on protecting personal healthcare data.
Cigna Healthcare, the health benefits division of the Cigna Group, has begun a multi-year campaign to improve the experience for physicians and patients, in part by changing the prior authorization process.
The Senate Finance Committee voted 14-13 Tuesday morning to confirm the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Lawmakers, led by Virginia Congresswoman Jen Kiggans, have introduced the PRECEPT Nurses Act, a bipartisan bill that seeks to address the country’s nursing shortage by establishing a $2,000 tax credit for nurses who serve as a clinical preceptor to nursing students.
Insurers of qualified health plans (QHPs) sold on Healthcare.gov denied an average of 20% of all claims in 2023 – 19% of in-network claims and and 37% of out-of-network claims, finds a new KFF survey. The in-network denial rate ranged widely, with significant variation by insurer and by state from 1 to 54%.
There’s always been personalization for every patient, said Mudit Garg, CEO and cofounder of Qventus. But personalization at scale requires technology. Over the last 10 to 20 years, many technical systems have been built that allow for mass personalization. For instance, every customer has a personalized experience with Amazon.
Providence Health embraces change and a more fluid way of working as compared to standard project management, say Rachele Watts, Joel Bond and Evgeny Shekhtman, who work in the health system’s Agile Practice Office.