Trinity Health Michigan, based in Livonia, will be rebranding eight hospitals and hundreds of care sites across the state, which will all adopt the Trinity Health name and logo.
Providence to pay $22.7 million to resolve allegations it billed for medically-unnecessary surgeries
Providence Health & Services Washington has agreed to pay $22,690,458 to resolve allegations that it fraudulently billed Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal healthcare programs for medically unnecessary neurosurgery procedures, according to the Department of Justice for the Eastern District of Washington.
The Department of Health and Human Services is earmarking roughly $16 million in funds to strengthen Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Programs through seven awards supporting eight states, the agency announced Wednesday.
Industries are increasingly being sued by consumers for data breaches, but the sector with the biggest litigation increase is healthcare, according to new findings from the law firm BakerHostetler. In fact, healthcare comprises 23% of lawsuits due to data breaches. The next highest after that is business and professional services at 17%, followed by finance […]
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra has announced a 90-day extension of the public health emergency that was due to expire on April 16. The PHE is being extended for the ninth time since January 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Cases are again surging in some areas with mask mandates being implemented in […]
UConn Health boosted its ROI in the revenue cycle by improving the patient billing and payment experience. Sarah Ginnetti, associate vice president, Clinical Revenue Cycle at UConn Health worked this past year to transform the patient financial journey as the country entered the third-wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Total drug spending in the U.S. grew 7.7% in 2021 compared to 2020, hitting $576.9 billion in total spend, and this trend is expected to continue, with an estimated 4 to 6% increase in national drug spending in 2022, according to a new report from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
Hackensack Meridian Health and Englewood Health, both based in New Jersey, have officially called off merger plans after a federal appeals court decision in March blocked the consolidation.