TEFCA implementation and FHIR standards need to address effectiveness and expense issues, say FAST cochairs Deepak Sadagopan and Duncan Weatherston.

With subsidiary Optum leading the way, UnitedHealth Group posted $5.8 billion in profit for the third quarter, a slight increase over last year’s Q3 figure, and raked in $92.4 billion in revenue, a 14% increase over the year prior, according to the latest earnings report.

Walgreens Boots Alliance has plans to cut over $1 billion in 2024 and to shutter 60 healthcare clinics in unprofitable markets. The company reported fourth quarter operating losses of $450 million, compared to $822 million operating losses during the fourth quarter of 2022. 

Patient care is under threat from cyberattacks, particularly supply chain and business email compromise (BEC) attacks, as more and more healthcare organizations are grappling with the cost and headache associated with them, finds a new survey on healthcare cybersecurity from Proofpoint and the Ponemon Institute.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the 2024 premiums, deductibles, and coinsurance amounts for the Medicare Part A and Part B and the 2024 Medicare Part D income-related monthly adjustment amounts. WHAT’S THE IMPACT: PART B Premiums and Deductibles