The American Hospital Association in August reported that higher-acuity patients are causing unsustainable financial challenges for hospitals and health systems due to higher costs for labor, drug and supplies.
Companies, including FDB and Elsevier, highlight the latest products they hope will transform the healthcare industry.
UnitedHealth Group and Change Healthcare have won their case to merge. Federal Judge Carl Nichols on Monday denied the Department of Justice’s request to block the $13 billion merger, with the DOJ saying it is evaluating its next steps.
The U.S. healthcare system is responsible for an estimated 10% of national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and they account for roughly 98,000 deaths annually, according to new findings from the House of Representatives’ Ways and Means Committee.
As efforts to address mental healthcare access and pay parity are bogged down in Congress, the Biden Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services have established a roadmap for increasing access to behavioral health services, in addition to other healthcare system improvements.
In discussing the shift toward healthcare consumerism, Laura Kreofsky, senior vice president of strategy at Pivot Point Consulting, says retailers moving into the healthcare space could improve health equity for underserved populations.
Providence is investing $712 million in southern Orange County in California to build two new multi-specialty medical centers and a new patient care tower at Providence Mission Hospital.
While the vast majority of providers billing for telehealth services do so in a way that poses no significant risk to Medicare, a small percentage of telehealth claims are problematic – and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is looking to curb the issue. One possible area of focus: More than half of the […]
Evernorth, the health services business of Cigna, has expanded its Digital Health Formulary to include five new app-based programs designed to help people better manage their sleep issues, anxiety, alcohol and opioid use disorders, and inflammatory conditions. The formulary is a clinically based platform of “verified, credible health apps” designed to help people achieve their […]
In addition to hopes for a Senate telehealth bill passage, HIMSS is focusing on the European Health Data Space, public health infrastructure modernization and more, says Tom Leary, senior VP and head of government relations at HIMSS.