Despite being the financial backbone of hospitals, operating rooms remain riddled with inefficiencies: idle robots, unclaimed block time, reactive staffing and costly delays. This is the OR efficiency paradox. Hospitals have more surgical data than ever but still struggle to…
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Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey is exploring a move to a new headquarters building in downtown Newark as part of a mixed-use redevelopment project. The insurer’s current headquarters at Penn Plaza East would be redeveloped under a…
Elevance Health has rolled out its virtual assistant to 22 million commercial members, with a Medicare expansion planned for 2026. The tool, accessible through the Sydney Health app and affiliated plan websites, allows members to ask plain-language questions about coverage,…
A Florida bill aims to establish a marketplace for employees to use their premium contributions through individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements. The bill would build on the state’s former health insurance marketplace, modifying the name to the Florida Employee Health…
Healthcare accounts for nearly 30% of the world’s data. That data holds transformative potential, but few health systems are equipped to act on it. Without better systems to manage, interpret and act on this information, health systems risk falling further…
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Hospitals everywhere are under pressure: rising demand, staffing shortages, and mounting costs. To keep pace, leaders need more than visibility. They need foresight. That’s why the next frontier in operations goes beyond the EMR to enable predictive decision-making that helps…
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Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago will not accept any ACA plans in 2026, according to the hospital’s website. “Lurie Children’s is currently not contracted and out of network with all exchange plans inside and outside of…
Senate Democrats are introducing legislation to extend enhanced premium ACA tax credits by three years, according to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. The bill would come to the Senate floor for a vote Dec. 11, “and every single Senate Democrat…
Premera Blue Cross named Rajat Puri as COO, according to a Dec. 4 news release. Mr. Puri will focus on managing the insurer’s technology and operations teams to improve member experience across customer service, billing, claims processing, information technology and…
More than half of ACA marketplace enrollees would be likely to pick up extra work if healthcare costs increase by $1,000 per year, a Dec. 4 KFF analysis found. With enhanced tax credits set to expire at the end of…
