The Department of Health and Human Services has finalized a rule shoring up protections for youth in foster care by clarifying how states should meet their statutory requirements to appropriately serve LGBTQI+ children.
Evernorth Health Services, a subsidiary of Cigna, will have a Humira biosimilar available for $0 out-of-pocket for eligible patients of its specialty pharmacy Accredo beginning this June.
CenTrak Sales Director for the Southeast and HIMSS Changemaker award recipient Kendall Brown is a resource for CIOs, who represents HIMSS initiatives on telehealth, cybersecurity and interoperability – and educates policymakers on all things health IT.
Nursing informatics program director at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and HIMSS Changemaker award recipient Ellen Arigorat talks about becoming a super user and champion for EHR integration.
CarelonRx, Elevance Health’s pharmacy benefits manager, is debuting an analytics tool that aims to make it easier for employers to plan for future specialty pharmacy costs while providing advocacy to employees who utilize specialty medications.
NCQA has extended the deadline for HEDIS MY 2023 submission to 5 p.m., June 28, due to the Change Healthcare cyberattack.The extension represents an additional two weeks to report 2023 HEDIS results.
Walmart is closing Walmart Health and Walmart Health Virtual Care, saying the business model was not profitable nor sustainable. The Walmart Health centers opened in 2019.
The health system plans to add AI and smart robotics as enabling technologies to further integrate intelligent connection between physician and patient, says medical director for clinical transformation and informatics Dr. Jonah Feldman.
2024 Changemaker Award winner Gabriel Garcia-Lopez, health information systems director for the Los Angeles LGBT Center, wanted to expand the dialogue on inclusion and change the way sexual orientation data is collected.
The rapid adoption of telehealth services, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has had a positive result on outcomes and resulted in a boost in healthcare spending, according to a report in Health Affairs. The researchers investigated the relationship between the adoption of telemedicine and its impact on costs and quality of care across various health […]