Seema Wadhwa is executive director for environmental stewardship for Kaiser Permanente. The title is relatively unique in healthcare, but not the concept. Increasingly hospitals are making green efforts as part of an overall strategy that acknowledges climate change as linked to health and health equity.

In letters sent to Congress and the White House this week, health insurance group AHIP called for bringing transparency to what it called private equity firms’ “monopoly power” in air ambulance, emergency and certain speciality services delivered under fee-for-service.

Corey Scurlock, MD, CEO of Equum Medical, explains the ways his company offers structure and staffing for healthcare organizations to help them with patient flow and resource use.

A Premier study shows that proposed Medicare inpatient payment updates are not keeping pace with spikes in labor costs. The PINC AI analysis shows that the proposed 3.2% hospital payment increase will not cover the more than 6.5% increase in labor rates.

In response to the ongoing opioid addiction and overdose epidemic, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), has rolled out a State Opioid Response (SOR) grant funding opportunity that will provide nearly $1.5 billion to states and territories.

Interoperability in healthcare, it would seem, is at an important inflection point.

Anthem announced plans to rebrand as Elevance Health back in March, but one component still needed to be finalized: shareholder approval. The insurer received that approval this week, as shareholders gave the green light to the change at its annual meeting.

Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare’s medical director of clinical informatics Dr. Tamara Sunbul on why clinician buy-in ensures that tech is aligned with user requirements.

The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America has won its lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services challenging a portion of a final rule that required drug manufacturers to ensure that patient financial assistance is provided entirely

The Department of Health and Human Services is announcing a funding opportunity of nearly $15 million for a three-year federal grant to establish a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) program meant to strengthen behavioral healthcare for residents of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.