Humana has reached an agreement with two national organizations to provide Durable Medical Equipment (DME) services to help Humana Medicare Advantage HMO members receive home healthcare. The national DME providers, AdaptHealth and Rotech Healthcare, will begin providing DME services for Humana’s Medicare Advantage HMO enrollees under a value-based structure beginning July 1, with each serving […]

Dr. Jay Bhatt, managing director at Deloitte, said healthcare is more than just about access: It’s a business imperative that requires business solutions.

Kathy D. Ford, chief product and strategy officer at Project Rōnin, said AI can make sense of complex oncology data and enable faster decision-making at the point of care.  

Almost one-third (31%) of physicians practicing in the U.S. have been hit with a medical liability claim at least once during their careers, with the risk of having a claim filed against them increasing the longer they practice, according to new survey data published by the American Hospital Association.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has reached an agreement with Florida-based MCR Health to resolve a disability discrimination complaint from a deaf patient who claimed she was not provided adequate supports.

A diagnosis claims-based algorithm used by payers to decide whether pediatric patients need to be taken to the emergency department has been promoted as a way to cut healthcare costs. But according to a new JAMA Network Open study, this algorithm will often bill Black and Hispanic patients more for care than their white counterparts.

Michelle Ramim, assistant professor of health informatics at Nova Southeastern University, said international standards for wearable data protection should be established, as was the case for WiFi transmission.  

Seventeen health systems, including Cleveland Clinic and Advocate Health, have pledged a commitment to make 10% of all new hires “impact hires” – meaning employees hired from economically disadvantaged areas.

Insurtech Oscar Health signaled during an earnings call on Tuesday that it will be exiting California’s individual market beginning next year, with CEO Mark Bertolini saying the plan has fallen short of the company’s goals.