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Finance
How Will Data Drive the CVS-Aetna Merger?
After the $70 billion megamerger between the pharmacy chain and insurance giant, focus has shifted to what impact the data...
Innovation
Blockchain Venture Partners with Spectrum, WellCare to Tackle Credentialing
The goal is to reduce the time and cost associated with verifying professional credentials by facilitating the secure exchange of...
Clinical Care
Medicare's Hospital Readmission Penalties Having Widespread Impact
National data indicates the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program is having a positive impact on patients under 65 as well as...
Clinical Care
Start Improving Clinical Outcomes With AI: 3 Steps
A Florida-based community hospital is using AI tools to examine patient data and formulate new treatment protocols for deadly illnesses...
Clinical Care
3 Ways to Hold Your Physicians Close (Without Paying Them More)
Under pressure to deliver value, increase efficiency, and lower costs, health systems and hospitals are seeking ways to advance the...
Finance
Proactive Strategies Necessary to Maximize Data Results
Healthcare finance leaders must implement effective strategies for their respective systems to get the most out of their data analytics...
Clinical Care
Using Natural Language Processing to Crunch Your Clinical Data
For clinical applications, natural language processing can be used to search EMRs for information in both discrete fields and chart...
Strategy
CVS-Aetna Deal Tests Who Has The Right Data
This merger's strategy may up the ante for rival health insurers as they try to show employers and consumers they...
Innovation
Carequality Seeks Health System Input to FHIR Governance Model
As FHIR adoption accelerates, the nonprofit organization hopes to create a framework for sustainable growth.
Innovation
Countdown to Information Blocking Rule in Progress
Organizations and providers express concerns about potential impact.
Finance
If You Can't Properly ID Your Patients, You Can't Properly Bill Them
Mobile phones and apps may help improve healthcare record matching.
Finance
Even Upside-Only Medicare ACO Orgs Have Saved Money
Data point to hundreds of millions of dollars in savings. Industry groups argue the real number is much higher.