Industry Insights

Willing Adoption Requires Provider Understanding of Growth Potential and Risks The U.S. federal deficit is the highest it has ever been. Healthcare makes up the largest portion of that deficit and the COVID-19 pandemic continues to amplify the issue. Over the past few...

Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation Seeks to Assess and Improve Program Trajectory The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), or the CMS Innovation Center, was created under the Affordable Care Act. CMMI seeks to study, conceptualize, and...

Social Determinants of Health Still Top of Mind in the Fight for Widespread Wellness Social determinants of health: the flavor of the day, the hot topic, the scapegoat, and, at long last, the center of attention in US healthcare. Previously overlooked and discounted,...

Harnessing Incumbent Technologies to Drive Better Outcomes Technology has proven invaluable in the fight against the global COVID-19 pandemic. Telehealth services have allowed hundreds of thousands of people to receive preventative and non-emergency assessments and...

Ensuring Access to Telehealth Solutions for Medically Underserved Populations Easy access to healthcare is not a guarantee, particularly for individuals living in areas with fewer providers. In recent months, the value of telehealth in reaching underserved populations...

Emerging Trends During COVID-19 and the “New Normal” Telehealth has been a vital piece of the healthcare puzzle since before COVID-19 crisis, but as providers and patients settle into their routines as part of the new normal it has become increasingly evident that...

Technology Adoption & Community-Supported Healthcare Continue to Gain Momentum While much of the American healthcare sphere has been occupied by COVID-19, innovation in healthcare outside of the pandemic has continued. Techniques and practices that have been...

CMS Financial Relief for Medicare Providers: The Accelerated and Advance Payment Program Providers are able to get an advance on Medicare payments, on short order, by completing a simple one-page form, aimed at alleviating cash flow issues that arise from the COVID-19...

What You Need to Know The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) announced sweeping adjustments for healthcare professionals and organizations participating in Medicare quality reporting programs in an effort to provide relief to those fighting the 2019 Novel...

Making the Most of Current Market Environments The biannual Deloitte Health Care CEO Perspectives Study interviewed 31 healthcare CEOs to gain a better understanding of the successes, challenges, and responsibilities faced by health systems and payors.  It is through...

Implementing Innovative Solutions During Times of Significant Change The biannual Deloitte Health Care CEO Perspectives Study interviewed 31 healthcare CEOs to gain a better understanding of the successes, challenges, and responsibilities faced by health systems and...

Industry Innovations Lead to Unexpected Challenges The biannual Deloitte Health Care CEO Perspectives Study interviewed 31 healthcare CEOs to gain a better understanding of the successes, challenges, and responsibilities faced by health systems and payors. It is...

AMGA Outlines Top Priorities for Healthcare in 2020 The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) outlined their top priorities for health systems and medical groups in 2020 in a letter sent to Congress on January 31st, 2020. “Chief among the group’s recommendations...

Health Systems Enter 2020 Ready to Embrace Advanced Technologies and Reap the Benefits The healthcare industry has traditionally had difficulty implementing new technologies for numerous reasons. Questions of reliability, regulatory hurdles, and prohibitive costs have...