Mass General Brigham has reported a loss of $2.3 billion for the year due to challenges faced by all health systems over staffing expenses, inflation, a decline in discharges and other financial pressures. The loss includes a nonoperating loss of $1.8 billion, reflecting heightened unfavorable volatility in the financial markets, the integrated Boston health system […]

Policy lead at Transform Health Kirsten Mathieson talks about the recommendations of the report “Closing the digital divide: More and better funding for the digital transformation of health,” in order to achieve universal healthcare by 2030.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Adstiladrin, which is being billed as the first gene therapy treating high-risk, non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts is touting itself as the first in the state, and one of the first in the country, to create a financial payment model rewarding health systems and physicians for eliminating racial and ethnic inequities in care.

InterSystems is overcoming interoperability challenges and gleaning insights from a trove of patient data around Asia-Pacific, according to Stella Ramette, director of customer relations and sales in Southeast Asia.  

Two virtual reality companies are set to combine. What effect will this have on healthcare? We’ll examine that and other news developments in this week’s Top Stories, including the NIH’s push to inform study participants if they have increased risks for certain health conditions, and lawmakers’ efforts to curb fraud in ACO REACH. For more […]

For the first time, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services is proposing to establish a health equity index in the Medicare Advantage and Part D Star Ratings program that would reward excellent care for underserved populations. 

The number of Black, Hispanic and female applicants and enrollees continued to increase at U.S. medical schools in the 2022-23 academic year, according to new data from the Association of American Medical Colleges. This year, the number of medical school applicants returned to pre-pandemic levels, after the 2021-2022 academic year data revealed a record-setting and […]

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and six physician organizations across the state are launching full-risk reimbursement arrangements for their Medicare Advantage PPO and Blue Care Network Medicare Advantage plans, the insurer announced this week.