Three healthcare plans in Tennessee have joined an effort to improve the accuracy of provider data submitted to insurers. The plans are getting help from CAQH, a healthcare stakeholder organization that works with providers and payers to improve business processes. BlueCross Blue Shield of Tennessee, UnitedHealthcare and Amerigroup of Tennessee are using the CAQH ProView… Read More »
A letter from Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) is challenging top IT executives in the Department of Veterans Affairs to better implement health IT to improve care. James Gfrerer recently was sworn in as Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology and CIO at the VA, and with the new appointments came a challenge from Tester asking… Read More »
As networks have advanced in complexity, so have the tools and tactics of cybercriminals. Organizations increase their cybersecurity budgets and teams, yet breaches keep occurring. In the fight for stronger security, vendors are offering up AI and machine learning as a Holy Grail. But do these technologies actually deliver? Frequent headlines make it clear that… Read More »
One of the nation’s largest drug store chains is staking a position in healthcare through an alliance with a tech company’s life sciences arm. Walgreens Boots Alliance is collaborating with Verily, an Alphabet company, on several projects under a broad agreement aimed at improving health outcomes for patients with chronic conditions. The move is yet… Read More »
As the cost of healthcare has risen, health plans have seen a growing need to proactively manage members’ health. The proactive part of that is the rub; it’s far easier to react to an event than to anticipate the likelihood of an event and act to prevent it. That’s where analytics becomes valuable. Most health… Read More »
Research shows that memory and cognitive performance can be improved by as much as 15% by drinking a rosemary extract beverage. The experiment made use of a commercially available rosemary extract beverage called “No1 Rosemary Water”, an additive free spring water and concentrated rosemary extract combination. Only fresh rosemary and not dried was made use… Read More »