A recent BMJ study found that healthcare professionals’ burnout can lead to unsafe patient care and career disengagement. 

MGMA states that staffing shortages and record-high inflation are hitting medical groups, health systems and hospitals hard in 2022.

The AHA stated that the PHE must continue past October to minimize disruption to the “increasingly fragile healthcare delivery system.”

Health Prime is excited to partner with Kareo and PatientPop’s to empower startup and small practices to establish and grow their digital presence, offer modern care delivery, and maximize provider reimbursements.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) renewed the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) declaration for another 90 days going effective July 15, 2022.

A new CMS proposed inpatient payment rates for the fiscal year 2023 would result in a net decrease in hospital payments compared to this year.

Read about this HIPAA guidance for audio-only telehealth visits and how you can comply with the HIPAA Rules when providing these services.

The AMA´s “Recovery Plan for America´s Physicians” includes fixing prior authorization, reforming Medicare payment, support telehealth, and more.

Hospital groups, including the AMA and AHA, asked the HHS for another PHE renewal. Organizations asked for an additional 90 days past the current July expiration date.

Nationally, hospital labor expenses increased by more than one-third from pre-pandemic levels, according to a Kaufman Hall recent report. Between 2019 and March 2022, the median labor expense per adjusted discharge rose from $4,009 to $5,494.