The challenge is ensuring plan members have a direct connection to behavioral healthcare, says Shana Hoffman, CEO of Lucet.
North Alabama Shoals Hospital in Muscle Shoals will be expanding on its behavioral health capabilities with an initiative that includes building a new 16-bed adolescent psychiatry unit and adding eight adult psychiatric beds, the hospital announced.
VillageMD CEO Tim Barry has stepped down and Chief Operating Officer Jim Murray has been appointed to serve as interim CEO. The move is “effective immediately,” according to VillageMD spokesperson Molly Lynch, according to the Chicago Tribune. No reason was given for Barry’s departure.
Former pharmacy owner Aftab Hussain has been sentenced to two to six years in prison for allegedly stealing more than $11.5 million dollars through a Medicaid fraud scheme that targeted low-income HIV patients who needed life-saving medications,
Franciscan Health Dyer in Indiana will transition its hospital to a behavioral health services facility by the end of 2027, the health system has announced. The transition, approved by the Franciscan Alliance Board of Trustees, aims to meet the growing need for behavioral healthcare while supporting the health system’s regional approach, Franciscan said.
There are about 17 different medical devices in hospitals and those must travel and transmit information securely from a patient’s home, says Anahi Santiago, CISO at ChristianaCare.
Community Health Systems has announced there is no longer a deal to sell three hospitals in Pennsylvania to Woodbridge Healthcare. The divestiture was expected to go through this quarter. Instead, on November 22, the for-profit CHS and nonprofit WoodBridge Healthcare mutually agreed to terminate the purchase agreement that was signed on July 30, according to […]
UnitedHealthcare has won its lawsuit against the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services over the calculation of Medicare Advantage star ratings. On Friday, a federal court in Texas ordered CMS to recalculate UnitedHealth’s 2025 star ratings without consideration of a “secret shopper” call that was the focus of the dispute.
Achieving FHIR at scale will come about as other industry standards have done, through usage and/or government intervention, says Paul Wilder, director of CommonWell Health Alliance.
Mount Sinai Health System in New York is embracing artificial intelligence with the recently announced opening of the Hamilton and Amabel James Center for Artif