Americans who watch at least a few hours of TV each week are used to getting urged to ask their doctors about all sorts of medications that, chances are, they really don’t need.  

SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, Feb. 22, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MMSI), a leading manufacturer and marketer of proprietary disposable devices used primarily in cardiology, radiology and endoscopy, today announced fourth quarter revenues of $138.4 million ($141.0 million in constant currency), an increase of 4.2% over reported revenues and 6.2% on a comparable, constant currency basis over $132.8 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2014.  Fourth quarter non-GAAP earnings were $10.8 million, or $0.24 per share, down 4.4% compared to $11.3 million, or $0.26 per share, for the quarter ended December 31, 2014.  As reported, net income for the quarter ended December 31, 2015 was $6.4 million or $0.14 per diluted share. 

If the Medicare program known as MIPS is to succeed at improving quality by tying said improvement to payments—all while avoiding mass cases of physician burnout—it will have to forego checkboxes that fail to distinguish between getting patients to electronically say hello and getting them to actually live more healthfully. 

Healthcare IT Consulting Group Enters Global Partnership with HIMSS to Deliver EMRAM Education to European, Middle Eastern, Asian, Australian and North American Healthcare Systems.

The Healthcare Leadership Council (HLC), a coalition of executives representing health providers, insurers, manufacturers and patient advocacy groups, has issued six recommendations it believes can be implemented today to improve healthcare in the U.S.

INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zotec Partners (Zotec), the industry leader in radiology revenue cycle and practice management services, announces a continued revenue cycle management agreement with Toledo Radiological Associates (TRA), an Ohio-based radiology group with 34 highly specialized board-certified radiologists. In the extended four-year arrangement, TRA will continue to use Zotec’s revenue cycle management (RCM) services and analytical tools to monitor data and ignite practice growth to the year 2020.

Hearst Health and the Jefferson College of Population Health announced three finalists for its inaugural $100,000 prize to honor healthcare organizations that focus on managing and improving health.

A recent study published in Academic Medicine found that less than one third of all funding distributed by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), an independent organization established under the Affordable Care Act, has been implemented in primary care settings.