Recently Frost & Sullivan released a new report: U.S. Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) Market, Forecast to 2024. Clinical Support Systems, sometimes integrated into a practice’s EHR and other times an additional tool a provider uses, is going to become critical to evaluating patients and generating a plan of care. What is a Clinical Decision
Findings from 2016 data recently released by the American Medical Association show that 4 in 10 patients with private in-network insurance at hospitals faced surprise medical bills after their visit. How do surprise medical bills occur? Most often it is from visiting a hospital or ER the patient’s private insurance is in network with, however
After two rounds of Democratic debates, a huge spotlight has been placed on Healthcare. While people on both sides of the aisle agree an overhaul to the system is a necessity, the agreement ends there. We have heard several proposals, and one in particular could lead to devastating consequences to America’s Rural Healthcare System. Anyone
In January of this year, a rule went into effect requiring hospitals to publish their price lists, or charge masters publicly on their websites. The rule applied to all of the nearly 6,000 hospitals in the country. The idea behind the rule is to give patients the options to choose and price shop for their
In May we released an article about a proposed rule coming down from CMS regarding drug prices in advertising. In June we noted that drug companies were fighting this rule in court. This month we see the setbacks and challenges the Trump Administration continue to face in lowering drug prices for the everyday American. On
An executive order issued this week calls for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to write the hospital requirements on price transparency in the next 60 days. This should mandate “standard charge information, including charges and information based on negotiated rates and for common or shoppable items.” But what are common or
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Pharmaceutical companies like Amgen Inc, Merk & Co, Eli Lilly and Co, as well as the Association of National Advertisers, filed a lawsuit Friday, May 14th against the Trump Administration regarding the new CMS final rule that would go in to effect in July. This rule, we reviewed in a previous blog, states that television
Alarmingly, based on a 2017 study, the U.S. has the worst rate of maternal deaths in the developed world. Let that sink in. While mortality rates have declined throughout Europe, Australia, and Canada since 1990, the U.S.’s rate has grown exponentially. There are many reasons for this, including hospitals maternity care performance standards. Based on
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A rule proposed in October of last year has become final on May 8, 2019. This rule would mandate that pharmaceutical companies publish the prices of any medication with a list price greater than $35 during television ads. Pharmaceutical companies tried to push back on this rule stating that listing the prices would confuse patients
Since the introduction of the HITECH Act, there has been a fast-paced shift to incorporate technology into healthcare. With a focus on improving patient outcomes and establishing true interoperability as the Act originally intended, we have fallen quite short of that mark. However, better utilization of data from our systems can help with business decisions,
