InterSystems is overcoming interoperability challenges and gleaning insights from a trove of patient data around Asia-Pacific, according to Stella Ramette, director of customer relations and sales in Southeast Asia.  

Two virtual reality companies are set to combine. What effect will this have on healthcare? We’ll examine that and other news developments in this week’s Top Stories, including the NIH’s push to inform study participants if they have increased risks for certain health conditions, and lawmakers’ efforts to curb fraud in ACO REACH. For more […]

For the first time, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services is proposing to establish a health equity index in the Medicare Advantage and Part D Star Ratings program that would reward excellent care for underserved populations. 

The number of Black, Hispanic and female applicants and enrollees continued to increase at U.S. medical schools in the 2022-23 academic year, according to new data from the Association of American Medical Colleges. This year, the number of medical school applicants returned to pre-pandemic levels, after the 2021-2022 academic year data revealed a record-setting and […]

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and six physician organizations across the state are launching full-risk reimbursement arrangements for their Medicare Advantage PPO and Blue Care Network Medicare Advantage plans, the insurer announced this week.

Two U.S. Senators, Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island and John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, have introduced bipartisan legislation that seeks to create a two-year extension for a 5% bonus for doctors who participate in alternative payment models.