Healthcare provider Bon Secours Mercy Health (BSMH) escalated its ongoing dispute with regional Elevance Health by filing a lawsuit against insurer Anthem on Monday. The lawsuit alleges Anthem owes more than $93 million in unpaid claims.
As the demands of the medical field continue to intensify, physicians practicing in some specialties find themselves grappling with the harrowing consequences of excessive stress, long hours and emotional exhaustion – and this burnout is having an effect on these specialties, particularly emergency medicine. A new American Medical Association survey found that 62% of emergency […]
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs achieved digital maturity in four categories for HIMSS stage 7 recognition, says IT Executive Director Raed Alhamze.
Citing strong performance from its business units, Highmark Health said it logged $13.6 billion in revenue during the first half of 2023, as well as an operating gain of $230 million and net income of $389 million. The nonprofit Blues insurer attributed this result to Highmark Health Plans, United Concordia Dental and HM Insurance Group, […]
The American Hospital Association has lauded efforts by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to limit short-term “junk” health plans, but is pressing the agency to do more on the issue of unaffordable cost sharing, “even in ACA compliant health plans,” the AHA wrote in a letter to CMS this week.
More than three quarters (78%) of respondents to a new Claroty survey experienced a minimum of one cybersecurity incident over the last year, which impacted a broad range of asset types, including IT systems, sensitive data, medical devices and building management systems.
Mytonomy offers patient education and has expanded its offerings to move patients smoothly through pre- and post-procedure functions, says CEO and cofounder Anjali Kataria.
In assessing the biggest risks to their business, most healthcare executives say that the risk landscape is starting to ease, with recessionary fears not as prevalent as they once were and the overall picture improving for talent acquisition and retention – although cyberattacks and uneven economic growth remain top concerns.
The Texas Medical Association has once again prevailed in a legal challenge to President Biden’s No Surprises Act, with a Texas judge ruling to vacate several regulations involving payment dispute resolutions between some out-of-network providers, group health plans and payers. It’s the fourth successful legal challenge TMA has made against the NSA, which bans surprise […]