Physician compensation is on the rise but not keeping pace with inflation, according to the Medical Group Management Association’s 34th annual DataDive Provider Compensation report. Although growth in median total compensation for primary care providers doubled from 2021 to 2022, from 2.13% to 4.41% respectively, it couldn’t overtake inflation rates of 7% and 6.5%. WHY […]
The current manual process could be made easier by mining data in the EHR for specific research, says Robert Stillman, director of clinical and research informatics at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
Now that the COVID-19 public health emergency has ended, FDA officials are predicting a possible shortage of medical devices, saying in a new Health Affairs article that the supply chain may be threatened now that there will no longer be mandatory reporting.
CVS Health projects it will incur up to a $1 billion reduction in net income in 2024 based on the result of the Medicare Advantage Star Ratings. Net income will be affected by $800 million to $1 billion, according to Seeking Alpha.
Action as well as access is needed in medical records to move toward digital health transformation and interoperability, says Grace Cordovano, founder of Enlightening Results.
Data culled from New Jersey hospitals has found a steep rise in the percentage of patients presenting with “major” or “extreme” illnesses, which has put further pressure on already strained workforces in the state’s healthcare institutions. And for once, it’s not due to COVID-19.
AHIP has announced that President and CEO Matthew D. Eyles has decided to step down from the organization later this year. The AHIP Board of Directors was informed of Eyles’ personal decision and has accepted his resignation, effective October 2. The Executive Committee of the AHIP Board will commence a national search for Eyles’ replacement, […]
HIMSS validation and robot innovation have given clinicians an additional three hours to spend with patients, say Dr. Wonchul Cha, CMIO and director of the Digital Innovation Center, and Dr. Meong Hi Son, vice director of the Digital Transformation Center.
States kept people continuously enrolled in Medicaid during the COVID-19 pandemic in exchange for enhanced federal funding, but continuous enrollment ended on March 31, and over the coming months states will redetermine eligibility for enrollees and disenroll those who are no longer eligible. And according to a new survey, most Medicaid enrollees are unaware of […]