A study at Vanderbilit University reveals that an easy way to improve patient satisfaction is to make a hospital patient knows their doctor's name and some information about him or her. Patient satisfaction is more important now as it factors into the value-based purchasing formula.
A study in Health Psychology finds that how order sets are presented in an EHR may affect how many tests are ordered. Using a default opt-out or recommended by experts option led to more appropriate tests being used, but also increased health spending.
Passport Health Communications is being acquired by Experian for $850 million. Passport helps health care providers manage their revenue cycles and obtain payment.
As government auditors begin to look at the billions of dollars in EHR incentive payments, firms are having to return some of them that were inappropriately received.
ShapeUp, another of the plethora of companies operating in the health and wellness space, has raised an additional $7.5 million to expand its mobile capabilities in wellness program engagement and operation.
From the we told you so department, early enrollments at the health exchange suggest young people aren't buying, which means an adverse selection shock for the health plans. Now we know why the large insurers very wisely largely stayed out of the exchanges.
In a truly baffling decision, HHS has decided to allow drug manufacturers to offer copay assistance to purchasers of commercial health plans on the health exchanges. The practice raises costs for everyone by encouraging inappropriate use of very expensive drugs.
A Wall Street Journal article notes the difficulties medical device startups are having in finding funding, largely due to more extensive regulation and reimbursement pressures. Innovative treatment development will suffer, as will patients.
The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.
The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.