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...
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...
Labor expenses and declining patient volumes are having a significant impact on provider financial performance throughout 2021.
Hospital Volumes Declining, Healthcare Expenses Rising
Healthcare...
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...
Bucking the merger and acquisition trend of healthcare, AdventHealth and Ascension are calling it quits on their seven-year-old merger.
AdventHealth, Ascension to Separate Seven Years...
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...
As the pandemic winds down, providers and payers are set for serious conversations about telehealth reimbursement and payment parity now that the modality has shown its real potential for improving...
After much strife, health IT vendor Cerner has put new revenue cycle technology on the market.
Meanwhile, experts find Medicaid Expansion an effective tool against poor maternal health outcomes, while...
While the pandemic has likely drawn the bulk of interest over the past two years, healthcare price transparency has returned to the fore and new evidence suggests hospitals are not doing their...
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...
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...
The Biden-Harris administration continues its focus on expanding healthcare access as CMS and HHS announce three new initiatives that increase access to Medicare, Medicaid, and maternal care across the...
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...
Labor Day signals an end to the summer but not the coronavirus as back-to-school begins in earnest.
Moderna Submits Data for COVID-19 Vaccine Booster
Moderna recently submitted initial data to the...
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...
Schools are reopening and mask mandates are returning in what should make for interesting conversations during Labor Day barbecues and celebrations.
Convalescent Plasma Unable to Halt COVID-19...
