UConn Health boosted its ROI in the revenue cycle by improving the patient billing and payment experience. Sarah Ginnetti, associate vice president, Clinical Revenue Cycle at UConn Health   worked this past year to transform the patient financial journey as the country entered the third-wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Total drug spending in the U.S. grew 7.7% in 2021 compared to 2020, hitting $576.9 billion in total spend, and this trend is expected to continue, with an estimated 4 to 6% increase in national drug spending in 2022, according to a new report from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.

Hackensack Meridian Health and Englewood Health, both based in New Jersey, have officially called off merger plans after a federal appeals court decision in March blocked the consolidation.