A study published in Health Affairs found that one symptomatic case of COVID-19 costs a median of $3,045 in direct medical costs incurred only during the course of the infection. If that case results in a...Read More »
CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced the delay of the deadline for implementation of the interoperability final rule, reported...Read More »
Estimates from the Kaiser Family Foundation found that hospital reimbursement for treatment of uninsured COVID-19 patients may account for more than $40 billion of the $100 billion designated for hospitals in the latest coronavirus stimulus package.
The brief estimated that total hospital...Read More »
A Guidehouse analysis found that one quarter of rural hospitals are at high risk of closing due to financial challenges, reported HealthLeaders Media.
That means, more than 350 rural hospitals, accounting for $8.3 billion in total patient revenue, are at risk. The five...Read More »
Speech-to-text transcription solutions have been touted as a way to reduce physician documentation burdens, but a study published in the Journal of Informatics in Health and Biomedicine suggests that such systems are not a complete replacement for human scribes.
