Healthcare employers need to consider how to make front-line caregiving a more sustainable career, and how they’ll leverage technology to accomplish that — all while the workforce suffers significant burnout, experts said.
After acquiring Mission Health System in 2019, the hospital operator has continued tactics of all-or-nothing arrangements with payers and gag clauses, driving up prices and insurance premiums, the class action complaint alleges.
“I don’t think there’s a single yes or no,” said Michael Coates, former chief information security officer for Twitter.
The fact that HHS has yet to codify appropriate disincentives for providers found guilty of information blocking is probably the “biggest gap to be filled on the enforcement side,” Tripathi said.
Aloha McBride, EY’s global health leader, argues that algorithms need to be regularly audited and screened for bias and discrepancies, while clinicians play a vital role in explaining the key features of apps and patient privacy risks.
COO Suam Sutaria will take over Sept. 1, after serving as COO since joining the for-profit chain in January 2019. Both the execs pay packages have come under fire.
The integrated health system remained in the black for the quarter ending June 30, but escalating costs associated with fighting COVID-19 is eating into its bottom line.
The medtech giant took the action after discovering devices, once hailed as a growth driver, can incorrectly enter safety mode, putting patients at risk of serious injury.
A multi-pronged bill also forces certain payers to tie nearly half of their business to alternative payment models by 2023, and create shared accountability for both the cost and quality of care.
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