Health insurer Humana and Longevity Health Plan have joined forces to expand special needs health plan offerings that support the requirements of Medicare-eligible patients living in skilled nursing and senior living facilities. The two companies have committed to rapidly scale their national partnership over the next three years in more than a dozen states by […]

HCA Healthcare has said it’s pledging more than $300 million in investments to support the education and training of nurses. This includes more than $200 million towards the expansion of Galen College of Nursing and approximately $136 million towards the opening of new HCA Healthcare Centers for Clinical Advancement.

Janet Hohmann, What I Run’s director of corporate communications and Elaina McMillan, Edifecs’ director of product marketing, discuss the Alliance for the Women of Edifecs (AWE), which supports the company’s female employees, and, interestingly, nearly half of the participants are men.  

For the average provider, this means getting prepared for a national level of access, says Michael Palantoni, vice president of platform and data services at athenahealth.  

The popularity and utility of telehealth has made it a more common form of healthcare delivery since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and telepsychiatry is one of the most used applications for the remote care technology. 

Trained patient sitters are taking some of the burden off of licensed nurses, says Lauren Prepchuck, head of Patient Observation for Crothall Healthcare.

Health insurer Cigna has reported $1.3 billion in profit for the first quarter of this year, and has pledged more transparency around its pharmacy benefit manager business, which plays heavily into the company’s Evernorth subsidiary. Cigna Chairman and CEO David Cordani said during a recent earnings call that the company plans to provide greater affordability, […]

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced her intent to depart the agency at the end of June. 

CHICAGO – Lack of patient access because of a shortage of doctors and nurses is a global issue that can only be solved by technology, according to Rich Birhanzel, senior managing director, Accenture. “It’s creating a financial resilience challenge,” said Birhanzel, who attended HIMSS23. “When people don’t have access to care, there are consequences in […]