The Impending End of Cross-Subsidization
There is no single solution to the cross-subsidization problem. But here are some strategic actions that can make a health system’s economics more sustainable.
There is no single solution to the cross-subsidization problem. But here are some strategic actions that can make a health system’s economics more sustainable.
Medicare policy should be transparent and include appropriate notice and stakeholder input. And when a contractor gets it wrong, there should be a clear and rapid way to stop the harm to patients, their relationship with their doctor and the doctor’s practice.
As a country, we have developed treatments capable of improving the quality of life and preventing long-term damage for children with rheumatic conditions, yet many children cannot obtain them when they need them most. This needs to change.
The Oracle Health Clinical AI Agent is unique in the way it’s embedded directly in the Oracle Health Foundation EHR, making it easier for nurses who don’t have to shift between tools used for separate tasks.
What happened was not just a cybersecurity failure, it was an infrastructure failure.
When the healthcare system defaults to uncertainty, people delay care because it feels safer for their wallets. In some cases, people wait too long, leaving an ER visit as the path of least resistance.
Gaps in reimbursement oversight and recovery will only widen, unless plans modernize how they detect, investigate, and recoup improper payments.
When payors consider only the cost of the medication and not the cost and risk to the patient, doctor, and healthcare system, the irony is that not only is this terrible for patient health, it can be more costly in the end.
Tolerance for this abrasion is gone. It wastes time, drains staff capacity, drives up costs, and affects the patient experience.
A new report from Forrester offers a score card assessing health tech vendors on customer experience for healthcare organizations considering adopting them.
The between a code that satisfies a payer and the information a physician needs to treat a person, is what nearly every healthcare AI tool is racing past. As we push these systems toward precision medicine and genomics, that gap stops being an annoyance and becomes a patient safety issue.
A new whitepaper by League highlights examples from collaborations with Baptist Health.
VBC aligns reimbursements to outcomes, emphasizing the quality and effectiveness, not quantity, of healthcare activities. But the same cost constraints driving interest in VBC can also turn it into a liability.