Although virtual-first health plans bring together tools that payers have been honing for years—apps, telehealth, virtual care, and more—the virtual-first model itself is still...
This week, a bipartisan group of senators has introduced a bill that seeks to extend telehealth coverages that were introduced during the pandemic. The FDA has also recently approved a new treatment...
The pandemic has changed patients' use and perceptions of healthcare organizations. The question remains: Will those changes here to stay?
Patients Prefer Telehealth Services from Doctors, Health...
Hello darkness, my old friend. It's time to turn the clocks back and bid an early goodnight to the sun.
Geisinger Settles Allegations for Medicare Billing Violations
The US Attorney’s...
The revelation that nearly $27 billion remains in the Provider Relief Fund begs the question: Did the federal government do enough to help providers weather the coronavirus pandemic?
Analysis Reveals...
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has successfully employed telehealth to conduct treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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The leading retailer continues to make in-roads in the healthcare space, now with an offering aimed at self-funded employer health plans.
Walmart Partnership Takes Aim Self-Funded Employer Health...
A retrospective study of brain tissue samples and FDA-approved may have stumbled on an existing therapy for Alzheimer's disease.
Commonly Used Pill Gives Hope for Individuals with...
Healthcare mergers and acquisitions make sense from a business perspective, but they are causing industry stakeholders and federal officials to ask questions about market competition and consumer...
An influx of funding from the American Rescue Plan is earmarked by HRSA for medical centers in underserved communities. Additionally, the ONC is receiving funding from the plan for IT workforce...
The normal course of preventive care procedures was broken during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in thousands of missed cancer diagnoses in 2020. Using private insurance claims data, Insights by Xtelligent Healthcare Media...
The coming winter could prove calamitous for the healthcare industry due to a perfect storm of staffing shortages, COVID-19, and flu season. Clearly, more relief and mitigation efforts...
While pandemic relief funds may have enabled leading hospitals to weather the storm of COVID-19, quite a few hospitals anticipate significant losses during the second year of the pandemic.
Hospital...
After a relatively quiet summer, HHS and CMS dove back into rulemaking, guideline issuing, and funding awards. Following vaccine mandates for all federal employees and healthcare settings, CMS issued...
The pandemic has revealed some harsh realities about health equity in the United States. And thanks to more analysis of relief funds, the hits keep on coming.
COVID-19 Relief Funds Failed to Help...
It's back-to-school time, and the healthcare industry is likely to learn a lesson in value-based care from leading accountable care organizations.
MSSP ACOs Saved Medicare More Than $4B in...
The past year was a difficult one for the nation and the healthcare industry in particular. As it turns out, value-based care could've played an even greater role in improving population health and...
FDA’s full approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will have implications for mandates alongside the financial motivation coming from more payers regarding cost-sharing for COVID-19 treatments...
COVID-19 continues to take the spotlight as this week’s policy update highlights the CDC’s recent recommendation for a booster shot. Several government organizations, including HHS and the...
The annual HIMSS Global Health Conference and Exhibition kicked off this week in Las Vegas. A number of technology vendors introduced new products and ideas that ultimately seek to speed up...
