Seventeen healthcare organizations have been named winners of the 2017 MAP Award for High Performance in Revenue Cycle by the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA).

Some 45 percent of those with diabetes experience retinopathy, which can cause blindness if not detected early. Researchers from the Byers Eye Institute at Stanford University have published a study in Ophthalmology detailing how artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning helped create an algorithm to detect diabetic retinopathy (DR).

With 35 million Americans admitted to the hospital every year, it’s important they feel comfortable in their surroundings. In a recent study, published in the Journal of Health Environments Research and Design, patients discussed what could be improved upon in hospital rooms.

Stepping on the scale could one day revel more than just weight. Researchers at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) Institute of Biomedical Engineering in Lithuania have developed a multifunctional scale that could detect conditions such as arteriosclerosis or cardiac arrhythmia.

Financial reports for Kaiser Permanente and Ascension Health saw double-digit increases in operating income, with some of the gains credited to acquisitions both systems have made in the past year.

UnitedHealth subsidiary Harken Health will be closing its doors in its two core markets, Chicago and Atlanta, only two years after beginning to offer plans. 

Increasing rates of physician burnout are negative affecting providers as well as patients. Researchers in JAMA Internal Medicine explored exactly why physicians feel burned out—with leading causes including excessive workloads, stressful environments and a lacking work-life balance.

Major insurance companies have been “bilking” Medicare Advantage (MA) for years through upcoding, according to Benjamin Poehling, the one-time UnitedHealth executive who has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against his former company.