Intermountain Healthcare news and information

A confluence of events signals HHS will launch its anticipated healthcare reform law education and outreach campaign next week.
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Less than a month after the CMS released data on what hospitals charge for inpatient procedures, the agency has released similar information about prices for outpatient care.
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Epic Systems Corp. sits atop a heap of more than 400 developers of complete electronic health-record systems for ambulatory-care physicians and other eligible professionals who have received federal EHR incentive payments, federal data shows.
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Intermountain Healthcare is launching the first major system of its kind to measure and report patients' cumulative medical radiation exposure from tests that deliver the highest amount of radiation.
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Novation, one of the largest group purchasing organizations in the U.S., formed a new company that will offer hospitals and other healthcare providers an online platform to negotiate tailored contracts for medical supplies.
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Electronic health records frequently lack functions specific to children's healthcare needs, but this could change as an effort led by the American Academy of Pediatrics has developed standards and functional requirements that the AAP would like EHR vendors to incorporate into their products.
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Intermountain Healthcare, the largest health system in Utah, agreed to pay more than $25 million to resolve self-disclosed allegations that it illegally paid bonuses to doctors based on how much the system earned from their patient referrals.
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Half of all adult Americans are expected to be obese by 2030, and already more than 40 million adults do not meet appropriate physical activity levels. The challenge of addressing obesity and physical inactivity requires new thinking and monitoring by healthcare providers.
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Healthcare systems are taking steps to address the “defensibility” and transparency of the way they bill for services—an issue that came into the spotlight earlier this year in the wake of a controversial Time magazine cover story.
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Gagged by their supply contracts, some hospitals have devised a simple way to educate physicians about the cost of pricey implants: using color-coded stickers to indicate the level of a device's price.
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