Patient Engagement

CMS Cuts Medicare Pay, AHA Sues HHS on Tracking Technology Policy

November 9, 2023 - In its calendar year (CY) 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), CMS announced it will slash Medicare payments by 1.25 percent. Primary care and direct patient care providers received an increase in pay while other specialties will take a decrease to maintain budget neutrality. The American Hospitals Association (AHA) took legal...

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How Digital Health Has Ushered in a New Era of VC Investments

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

The COVID-19 pandemic caused a shift towards using digital software platforms to allow the economy to continue functioning. The pandemic also caused significant changes in the healthcare industry, with the federal government allowing more...

How Specialty Pharmacies Can Empower Patients Managing Chronic Diseases

by Alivia Kaylor

Specialty pharmacy team members such as pharmacists and nurses have the opportunity to extend their patient care role by providing additional support to patients with chronic diseases and...

Google to Bring Artificial Intelligence to Health, Maternal Health

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Google continues its push into healthcare, this time with applications of artificial intelligence to improve cardiovascular and maternal health. Google AI Efforts to Focus on Heart, Maternal...

Geisinger to Pay $18M for Alleged Medicare Billing Violations

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Hello darkness, my old friend. It's time to turn the clocks back and bid an early goodnight to the sun. Geisinger Settles Allegations for Medicare Billing Violations The US Attorney’s...

Unspent Billions in Provider Relief Fund Likely to Raise Eyebrows

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

The revelation that nearly $27 billion remains in the Provider Relief Fund begs the question: Did the federal government do enough to help providers weather the coronavirus pandemic? Analysis Reveals...

Preventive Care Takes Pandemic Hit, Results in Missed Diagnoses

by Hayden Schmidt

The normal course of preventive care procedures was broken during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in thousands of missed cancer diagnoses in 2020. Using private insurance claims data, Insights by Xtelligent Healthcare Media...

Healthcare Bankruptcies Trend Down, Not Up During Pandemic

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Labor Day signals an end to the summer but not the coronavirus as back-to-school begins in earnest. Moderna Submits Data for COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Moderna recently submitted initial data to the...

HIMSS21 Day 4: Affinity Empowering Launches At-Home Diagnostic Testing

by Victoria Bailey

HIMSS is rounding out its last few days of the Global Health Conference with vendor announcements of new technologies that specialize in patient data collection, diagnostic testing, and patient...

Patients in NC File Antitrust Suit Against HCA Healthcare

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

A heatwave has set in in the Northeast, and many of us are hot and bothered. North Carolina Residents File Antitrust Suit Against HCA Healthcare A group of North Carolina residents has filed a...

Medicare Hospital Reimbursement Set for 2.5% Increase in 2022

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Let me tell you: A week away from work feels great. Now it's time to turn our attention back to healthcare. Medicare’s Inpatient Payments Will Increase 2.5% in 2022 CMS has finalized an...

Real Word Data Proves Effectiveness of Remdesivir; Weill Cornell Launches $1.5B Precision Medicine Campaign

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Real-world data shows that Gilead’s remdesivir reduces the risk of mortality for COVID-19 patients. Precision medicine is set for advancement at Weill Cornell Medicine with the launch of a...

Biden Seeks 23% Increase to HHS Budget; Mount Sinai AI Predicts COVID-19 Risks

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

It’s already Wednesday. With a short week, the roundup will publish today and Friday. Here’s what is making news across healthcare. Biden Seeks to Boost HHS Budget by 23 Percent As part...

Downside of Automated Patient Messages; End in Sight for Surprise Billing

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

The pandemic has taught the healthcare industry a considerable deal about patient engagement, but it has also shown that too much of a good thing can turn patients away. While surprise billing was all...

Care Coordination, Engagement Central to Patient Experience

by Emily Sokol, MPH

Patient experience has two central elements: care coordination and patient engagement. Findings come from a new report from Insights by Xtelligent Healthcare Media. And these efforts have increased...

Omnichannel Digital Patient Engagement Tools Promote Care Access

by Hannah Nelson

Digital omnichannel patient engagement tools have the power to increase quality of care by providing simplified care access to patients and streamlining processes for providers, said experts at...

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