Massachusetts has seized a Steward Health Care hospital in the state, after numerous “go-rounds” with the landlord, according to Gov. Maura Healey. St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Boston had received a high-quality bid from a hospital operator but the landlord refused to move, Healey said.

An automated process resulted in Humana instantly approving 70% of prior authorization requests, says Greg LeGrow, executive director of payer product market strategy at athenahealth, and Mark Fleming, senior director of product at Availity.

Virtual specialty care company Story Health helps patients go home after hospitalization through a model built on technology, an expanded care team and partnerships, says CEO and cofounder Tom Stanis.

Elevance Health, in conjunction with global private equity manager Clayton, Dubilier and Rice, has introduced national care delivery platform Mosaic Health, which aims to bring together apree health and Millennium Physician Group to offer clinical and digital capabilities to patients across the U.S.

Expanding Medicare coverage of anti-obesity medicines could increase annual spending by $3.1 to $6.1 billion, according to a new Health Affairs stud

In a bid to lower prescription drug prices, the Biden administration this week reached an agreement for new, lower prices for the 10 drugs selected for negotiations. These drugs, the White House said, are some of the most expensive and most frequently dispensed drugs in the Medicare program and are used to treat conditions such […]

Digital maturity matters when it comes to patient safety and outcomes, according to a research paper published by Anne Snowdon, chief scientific research officer at HIMSS.

Digitally enabled work environments that have an automated data flow across information systems make a difference in patient health, says HIMSS Chief Scientific Research Officer Anne Snowdon.  

Vivid Health, an artificial intelligence-powered care management company, is expanding its generative AI platform to support the home health market, with an eye toward helping home health agencies potentially double the number of patients they accept per day, while also significantly reducing administrative burdens. The company is already engaged with multiple home health and hospital-at-home […]

A group of 188 federal and state organizations have sent a joint letter to Congressional and committee leadership urging them to support 12-month continuous eligibility for adults enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program