BayCare boasts some of the latest high-tech equipment. Yet, the company said, its $246 million facility that opened here in March doesn’t provide any health care services beyond what patients could receive at a hospital just 2 miles away.
Remote patient monitoring can help providers extend care for patients in underserved areas and improve outcomes, but only if it’s a reimbursable service.
State legislators want to lower healthcare costs for Hoosiers. The Indiana Hospital Association worries it could negatively impact hospitals and patients.
Brian Tabor, president of the hospital association, opposes HB 1004 and the amendment passed by the Senate Health and Provider Services Committee on April 5.
The bill, sponsored by state Sen. Curtis King, R-Yakima, is the culmination of years worth of work by Astria Health’s leadership, lawmakers and health care providers to increase the hospital’s Medicaid reimbursement rate. The bill unanimously passed the House and Senate and is now headed to Gov. Jay Inslee's desk.
After the city of Keokuk lost its community hospital, residents must travel almost half an hour for emergency medical care. It is one of a number of hospitals in the state struggling to stay afloat.
Nearly every U.S. hospital and physician entity is more likely to refer patients to a post-acute care (PAC) provider that can support electronic data exchange, according to the latest leading independent survey on interoperability, commissioned by Brightree and MatrixCare, wholly owned subsidiaries of ResMed.