Rising costs, fragmented systems and performance pressures are pushing hospitals to their limits. But some health systems are turning that pressure into progress — using trusted data and cross-functional collaboration to drive measurable improvement. For nearly twenty years, Health Catalyst…
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Today, the durable medical equipment management (DME) process can be fragmented, inefficient, and unreliable – leading to errors and delays that impact member health, inflate costs for health plans, and burden clinicians with administrative complexity. But what if the end-to-end…
Elevance Health is deepening its use of artificial intelligence enterprise-wide, focusing on enhancements to its member services, clinical workflows and provider operations as part of long-term efforts to simplify care delivery and reduce costs. Chief Digital Information Officer Ratnakar Lavu…
Virtual care isn’t new — but CoxHealth’s approach to it is. Facing rising acuity, staffing strain and fragmented care, the Missouri-based system unified six hospitals under a single, team-based virtual care model. From eICU to pharmacy and respiratory therapy, CoxHealth…
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Kaylie Weltsch
Nurse Manager, Virtual Care Command Center, Cox Health
Gina Larson
Administrative Director of Nursing and Professional Development, Cox Health
Healthcare leaders are looking to AI to ease administrative burden and drive efficiency in the face of rising costs. But for many, it’s still a work in progress. Becker’s Healthcare and Workday surveyed more than 140 healthcare executives to understand…
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Pat Keel, FHFMA
EVP, Chief Financial Officer St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Neil Jensen
VP, Head of Global Product Vision and Experience Workday
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond challenged the state’s managed care Medicaid in an Oct. 22 letter to the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, the agency that oversees the program. Mr. Drummond said providers have concerns about pediatric patient care, such as…
Missed lab appointments don’t just delay care, they drive up costs, reduce capacity and frustrate patients. Providence, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit systems, tackled this head-on. The result? An 8-fold increase in lab appointment scheduling, reduced no-shows and a…
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts is expanding its claims review process to address what it is describing as potential overcoding among physicians who routinely bill for high-complexity visits. The new policy takes effect for dates of service on or…
Elevance Health has shared plans to potentially penalize hospitals and other contracted facilities that use care providers who are not in-network with its Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial plans in 11 states. Under the policy, finalized Oct. 1 and…
Optum has named Ben Eklo as its next chief financial officer, effective Nov. 1. Mr. Eklo has been with the company for 18 years, a spokesperson for UnitedHealth Group told Becker’s. He replaces Roger Connor, who was named CFO of…
