Corey Scurlock, MD, CEO of Equum Medical, explains the ways his company offers structure and staffing for healthcare organizations to help them with patient flow and resource use.

A Premier study shows that proposed Medicare inpatient payment updates are not keeping pace with spikes in labor costs. The PINC AI analysis shows that the proposed 3.2% hospital payment increase will not cover the more than 6.5% increase in labor rates.

In response to the ongoing opioid addiction and overdose epidemic, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), has rolled out a State Opioid Response (SOR) grant funding opportunity that will provide nearly $1.5 billion to states and territories.

Interoperability in healthcare, it would seem, is at an important inflection point.

Anthem announced plans to rebrand as Elevance Health back in March, but one component still needed to be finalized: shareholder approval. The insurer received that approval this week, as shareholders gave the green light to the change at its annual meeting.