The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration, is earmarking roughly $90 million in American Rescue Plan funds to reduce health disparities through new data-driven efforts for HRSA Health Center Program-supported health centers and look-alikes.
On Wednesday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services outlined a multi-pronged action plan geared toward promoting health equity, which will be enacted throughout the agency and will focus on access, outcomes and outreach to better serve marginalized populations.
The Department of Justice has filed an appeal of a judge’s order that overruled a Centers of Disease Control and Prevention requirement for mask wearing on airplanes and other public transit. The Justice Department filed the notice of appeal Wednesday in Health Freedom Defense Fund v. President Joe Biden in the U.S. District Court in […]
Virginia Hospital Medical Center, a community-based hospital system headquartered in Arlington, is kicking off rebranding efforts and will now be known as VHC Health, joining other organizations that have rebranded in an effort to retain or attract new market share.
Evernorth, Cigna Corporation’s health services business, and integrated health system Kaiser Permanente are entering into a five-year collaboration for health benefit access and specialty pharmacy services. Initially, the agreement will focus on two main areas. One is access to Cigna’s PPO provider network for Kaiser Permanente members who need urgent or emergency care, and are […]
Behavioral health has grabbed a bigger share of the spotlight during the COVID-19 pandemic, in part because the emergence of remote care technologies such as telehealth that have made it easier, and somewhat less stigmatizing, to seek care for mental health. New research points to another benefit of behavioral telehealth: Certain psychiatric conditions make it […]
The American Hospital Association is “extremely concerned” that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is proposing only a 3.2% payment update for general acute care hospitals in 2023, said Executive Vice President Stacey Hughes.