Dive Brief: A survey of state employee health plans found that administrators recognize hospital prices as the main driver of healthcare cost increases but have few policies to address that issue directly. Most states instead focus on attempting to control prescription drug costs and lower utilization, according to the Georgetown University’s Center on Health Insurance… Read More »
Dive Brief: Private equity investment appears to have an impact on the way hospitals conduct business, resulting in significantly higher charges and huge surges in profitability, according to a new study in JAMA Internal Medicine. Researchers from Harvard Medical School, the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Massachusetts General Hospital compared the operations of… Read More »
KHN Editor-in-Chief Elisabeth Rosenthal appeared on the WAMU radio program “1A” to discuss the issue of community hospitals merging with larger, corporate systems and what that means for communities around the country. Rosenthal is the author of “An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back.” Related Topics Health Industry… Read More »
Brief Published Feb. 21, 2019 Dive Brief: Hospitals that achieve Stage 7 of the HIMSS Analytics EMR Adoption Model (EMRAM) have happier physicians, greater personalization of EHRs and better teamwork among clinicians and IT personnel, according to a new report by HIMSS Analytics and KLAS’ Arch Collaborative. Among Stage 7 hospitals, 41% of physicians report… Read More »
Dive Brief: The American Hospital Association on Monday released a roadmap aimed at alleviating pressures on rural hospitals and increasing access to affordable, high-quality care in the communities they serve. While rural hospitals struggle with low patient volumes and geographic isolation, they also face economic uncertainties, growing regulatory burden and the opioid crisis. Recommendations include updating… Read More »