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Some patients are bringing insurance coverage disputes directly to health insurer CEOs, seeking another avenue for review when recommended care is denied, MedPage Today reported Oct. 8. Two patients recently obtained coverage approvals after contacting insurance company executives, according to…
Utah’s experiment with letting AI handle part of a physician’s job grew considerably this month. The state approved what one company calls the nation’s first AI to write new prescriptions, gave two Salt Lake City-based health systems a fast track…
Monday morning is when the cost of inconsistent patient access surfaces — unmet demand, backed-up calls, stretched staff and provider capacity that patients cannot reach. For specialty practices, access is no longer just an operational headache; it’s a growth lever.…
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- Marie D’Aiuto, VP of Patient Access Innovation, Assort Health
- Michael T. Rohmiller, M.D., Orthopedic Spine Surgeon, Beacon Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, Strategic Advisor, Assort Health
Durham, N.C.-based Duke University Health System recorded operating income of $453.1 million (5.4% margin) for fiscal year 2026, compared with operating income of $179 million (2.5% margin) in fiscal 2025, according to its Oct. 5 financial report. Five things to…
Fifty-seven hospitals across 22 states have converted to rural emergency facilities since the law that created the designation took effect in January 2023, according to data from CMS. Here are the hospitals that have converted to rural emergency status, by…
Allegiance Health Management plans to sell four Louisiana hospitals, and HCA Healthcare has closed the sale of 31 home health and hospice agencies. Here are three hospital M&A moves that Becker’s reported during the week of Oct. 5: 1. Brentwood,…
Inpatient CDI has traditionally depended on disruptive retrospective queries, fragmented workflows, and clinicians revisiting the record days or weeks after discharge. What changes when context and documentation guidance arrive during the encounter, while the clinical context is still fresh? Health…
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- Carlos Armando Aguilar, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, The Christ Hospital Health
- Samuel Y Ash, MD, Chief Information Officer, South Shore Health
- Jason Jobes, Senior Vice President of Solutions, Norwood
Health systems are putting more capital into ASCs in 2026, through billion-dollar acquisitions, multisite joint ventures and single-site builds. The documented migration of higher-acuity cases to the outpatient setting is significant, and ASC market projections show that growth is only…
Pittsburgh-based UPMC is working through patient portal, workflow and technical issues following the latest phase of its transition to Epic, TribLive reported Oct. 7. Since the go-live, patients have complained of trouble logging in to the MyUPMC portal, missing information…
In this episode, Aqib Zehri, MD, Neurosurgeon practicing in Portland, Ore, discusses the importance of long term outcomes in spine surgery, using patient reported data to evaluate success, and how standardization and technology can improve sustainable spine care.
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