Number of providers taking downside risk is growing

Point-of-Care Partners' Vanessa Candelora says price transparency for services and medications will make it possible for patients to budget for procedures and to shop for better prices with providers in their insurance network.

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.

Electrophysiologists, who implant devices such as pacemakers, need technology to automatically determine when the billing period ends, says Sallie Gustafson, RN, director of Medical Affairs at Murj.