Browse 254 articles and podcast episodes from the #HCBiz archive.
We launched the #hcbiz community with this post in February 2016 . It started with the tweet chat and our goal was to dissect the weekly topics from a very practical stand-point. Our premise was, and still…
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According to AHRQ's Multiple Chronic Condition Chartbook , 86% of U.S. healthcare spending was for patients with one or more chronic conditions in 2010. In an effort to curb this spending at the federal…
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Healthcare was late to the party, but over the past 10-years the industry has converted from an almost exclusively paper-based world to a digital one. With readily available funds i.e. $26 Billion from the…
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is moving forward with plans to launch a new 5-star rating system on its Medicare Hospital Compare web site. The new rating system gives a single…
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Hospital Acquired Infections (HAI) are a big deal in US healthcare: They cost U.S. hospitals as much as $45 Billion per year. On any given day, approximately one in 25 U S patients has at least one…
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Medicaid is a big part of our national healthcare expenditure. It accounts for 25% of the average state budget and nearly 10% of the federal budget . Caring for the 72 million+ Medicaid enrolled…
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