Advanced Medicare payments to providers in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic – about $103 billion worth – were compliant with federal and Congressional requirements, meaning they largely hit their mark, according to a new report from the Office of Inspector General.

Technology company Philips plans to cut an estimated 5% of its workforce, about 4,000 positions, due to losses caused by the recall of a sleep apnea product as well as supply chain issues, according to information released by the CEO in third-quarter results. The layoffs are expected to be concentrated in the United States and the […]

The American Hospital Association is advocating for a new federal designation and funding for a category of urban safety net hospitals, in a new report released last week.

While most physicians are interested in learning about new research, treatments and trials that can help improve outcomes in their patients, the vast majority are overwhelmed by the amount of information needed to stay on top of things.  According to new research from Doximity, physicians who want to stay up-to-date often engage with online content, […]

Kimberly Brock, vice president of communications at IQ Solutions, talks about the company’s public health work with federal agencies and nonprofits to ensure greater access to healthcare.

Dallas police have identified the two healthcare workers who were shot and killed by a gunman at the Methodist Dallas Medical Center on Saturday. Nestor Hernandez, 30, shot and killed two nurses who reportedly worked in the maternity ward at the hospital, before being wounded by a police officer and taken into custody.

Late last week, the Health and Resources Services Administration (HRSA) sent a letter to Merck warning that it may be dealt monetary penalties for allegedly refusing to give 340B discounts to covered entities.

Optum is seeing an increase of new orphan drugs, and expects this trend to continue, if not accelerate, according to a drug pipeline report from the UnitedHealth Group subsidiary. What makes this important, said Sumit Dytta, chief medical officer at OptumRx, is that orphan drugs are priced more than 30 times higher than non-orphan drugs. […]

Education helps the LGBTQ+ community access monkeypox vaccines, according to Amy Chacko, chair of the New England HIMSS Clinical Informatics Committee.