The primary care workforce is struggling to meet the population’s demands, and doesn’t receive enough investment despite diminishing supply and growing demand, a new report has found.
Gabriel Seidman, director of policy at Ellison Institute of Technology and colleagues wrote a paper on what the federal government and states can do to build a nationwide ecosystem to address homelessness and other health issues.
Nine federal agencies are now tasked with advancing the White House’s call for religious freedom and equity by finalizing a rule that restores religious liberty protections for beneficiaries of federally funded social services, such as job training and job search assistance, academic enrichment opportunities and housing services.
UnitedHealth Group’s Temporary Funding Assistance Program to resume payment operations for hospitals dealing with the aftermath of Change Healthcare’s disruptive cyberattack “is not even a band-aid on the payment problems you identify,” the AHA
Evidence-based nursing is the process by which nurses and other clinical experts determine best practices in healthcare.
Walgreens has said it’s the first community pharmacy to accept a broad array of Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits online, through its website and the Walgreens app, allowing eligible members to shop from a catalog of about 1,700 Shop Eligible Products on Walgreens digital channels.
Signify Health, a subsidiary of CVS Health, will add a heart arrhythmia test to its Diagnostic and Preventive Services offering. The move is intended to broaden Signify’s range of in-home services designed to support earlier detection, diagnosis and management of various medical conditions.
Beginning this spring, CarelonRX, will launch a weight management program to provide support to members who are on weight loss journeys – including those who use GLP-1 medications. CarelonRx is the pharmacy services segment within Carelon, Elevance Health’s health services division.
Longtime CIOs Cris Ross and Ed Marx will talk at HIMSS24 about their own care journeys and their book, “Diagnosed: An Insider’s Guide to Your Healthcare Journey,” with author proceeds benefiting cancer research at the Mayo Clinic.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the final part one guidance for the new Medicare Prescription Payment Plan.