Bed blocking costs both patients and hospitals

Giving patients visibility into procedure costs can reduce surprise billing and drive prices down through competition, according to HIMSS Policy Influencer Changemaker Leigh Burchell, VP for policy and public affairs at Altera Digital Health.

There are challenges experienced by providers during payer negotiations, and various tech capabilities needed to build the most effective and valuable payer negotiation tech stacks. Dilpreet Sahota, founder and CEO of Trek Health, explains.

MedeAnalytics, Socially Determined and Mathematica collaborated to give a Southern health plan of 1 million members the data to save $25 million through SDOH interventions, says Saleem Tahir, COO of MedeAnalytics.