Health care

Health care, health-care, or healthcare is the maintenance or improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, recovery, or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people. Health care is delivered by health professionals in allied health fields. Physicians and physician associates are a part of these health professionals. Dentistry, pharmacy, midwifery, nursing, medicine, optometry, audiology, psychology, occupational therapy, physical therapy, athletic training and other health professions are all part of health care. It includes work done in providing primary care, secondary care, and tertiary care, as well as in public health.

Health Care Services

Health care services" means any medical or remedial care or service, including supplies delivered in connection with the care or service, that is recognized under state law. Health care services" means the furnishing of medicine, medical or surgical treatment, nursing, hospital service, dental service, optometrical service, complementary health services or any or all of the enumerated services or any other necessary services of like character, whether or not contingent upon sickness or personal injury, as well as the furnishing to any person of any and all other services and goods for the purpose of preventing, alleviating, curing or healing human illness, physical disability or injury.

SOFTWARE VENDORS

Healthcare software product companies have to stay ahead in the technology race to build market-relevant, compliant and quality products. Check out how HealthAsyst can help you in this continuously evolving landscape.

INTERMEDIARIES

With the complexity of the US healthcare ecosystem, intermediaries such as medical clearing houses, RCM/Billing companies, financial clearing houses and HIE play an important role in connecting providers and payers.

PROVIDERS

With the challenges in the US healthcare industry today in terms of regulatory requirements and a constant need to follow up for payments, Providers, unfortunately, are spending more time on paperwork than patient care.

PAYERS

Payers require real-time collaboration with providers today, more than ever. With the rising changes and varieties in insurance plans, healthcare payer organizations have to provide rapid and quality services to stay ahead of its competition.