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5 things patients should know about the Lifespan-Care New England hospital merger
Will it improve the quality of care in Rhode Island? How will it affect cost or health insurance premiums?
By Alexa Gagosz and Brian Amaral Globe Staff,Updated February 24, 2021, 7:49 p.m.
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Lifespan s Rhode Island Hospital in Providence.Lane Turner/Globe Staff
PROVIDENCE â Two health care systems own 80 percent of the hospital beds in Rhode Island. Theyâve endured similar financial pressures and duplicated some care. And now, they are looking to merge to become a single integrated health system with Brown Universityâs Warren Alpert Medical School.
Hayes CTO Discusses AI-Enabled Revenue Integrity at Health Datapalooza 2021
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Ritesh Ramesh discussed the role of augmented intelligence in achieving revenue integrity to help healthcare organizations regain solid financial footing post-COVID-19.
Ritesh Ramesh, CTO, Hayes WELLESLEY, Mass. (PRWEB) February 23, 2021 Cloud, data, and augmented intelligence (AI) have critical roles to play in solving key business problems around operational and financial areas for healthcare organizations as we enter 2021 and beyond. That was the message shared by Hayes CTO Ritesh Ramesh during a rapid-fire panel focused on Patient Care in the Era of COVID – Data and Systems during the virtual 2021 Health Datapalooza and National Health Policy Conference, hosted by AcademyHealth.
An estimated 15,300 North Dakotans with diabetes require insulin medication. 6:00 am, Feb. 22, 2021 ×
North Dakota senators have watered down a bill that would have capped the upfront cost of insulin at $25 for insured patients. Hillsboro resident Angela Kritzberger has paid up to $1,200 for a 30-day insulin prescription for her daughter Nina. David Samson / The Forum
BISMARCK A bill that would have capped the upfront cost of insulin at $25 for residents with a North Dakota insurance plan is a shell of its former self after changes by lawmakers.
Senate Bill 2183 garnered strong objections to its attempt to make insulin affordable for people with diabetes. Some diabetics require insulin a hormone the body uses to allow blood sugar to be made into energy in order to survive. The cost of insulin has increased significantly over the past decade, with the average price of a prescription doubling from $344 in 2012 to $666 in 2016, according to the Health Care Cost Ins