Hospitals in the U.S. can begin to transition from financial stability to strategic growth after a month in which operating margins and other performance metrics improved, according to the newly released Flash Report from Kaufman Hall.
AI adds a capability to identify when interventions are necessary and to get an idea of the health and needs of a population, says Matt Cybulsky, founder of Ionian Healthcare Consulting.
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association is kick-starting an effort to reduce ethnic and racial disparities in maternity care in about 600 acute care and pediatric hospitals across the country.
One closed and declared bankruptcy because, while it was able to deliver care, it was unable to do billing, says Iain Paterson of WELL Health Technologies, who, with Yotam Segev of Cyera, discussed the benefits of moving to the cloud.
UnitedHealth Group closed out the final quarter of 2023 with $5.5 billion in profit, an increase from the $4.8 billion it posted in Q4 of 2022, the company revealed in its latest earnings report.
Respiratory illnesses such as the flu, RSV and COVID-19 are on the rise once again, and as hospitals and health systems grapple with how to handle the surge, one state is seeing its provider workforce buckle: Hospitals in the state are nearing 100% capacity, according to the New Hampshire Hospital Association.
At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, Elevance Health said it would launch a program offering smartphones with unlimited data, talk and texting service at no cost to eligible individuals enrolled in some of its affiliated Medicaid health plans. CES runs through January 12 in Las Vegas.
Over 20 million people have selected an Affordable Care Act health plan since the 2024 Marketplace Open Enrollment Period launched on November 1, according to the Department of Health and Human Services, calling this a record number of enrollments.
At HIMSS AI in Healthcare Forum, one session about Atlantic Health System’s AI rollout focused on a watershed moment of smart machines and humans integrating, says Sunil Dadlani, EVP and chief information and digital officer.