The Department of Health and Human Services is offering flexibilities to hospitals, physicians, pharmacies and other stakeholders to help ease cash flow concerns caused by the Change Healthcare cyberattack and resulting disruption of services. Provider payment has been affected by an inability to submit claims.
Sumit Nagpal, CEO of Cherish Health, said technology that can track people’s movements inside the home has preventive benefits to move the dial on healthcare costs.
Despite strong enrollment gains, market growth for Medicare Advantage seems to be slowing, according to the 2024 Medicare Advantage competitive enrollment report released by Chartis and HealthScape Advisors.
All manufacturers participating in the first cycle of Medicare drug price negotiations have responded with counteroffers, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. The news comes after HHS sent initial offers on February 1, as the agency was empowered to do by the Inflation Reduction Act, the White House’s attempt at lowering drug […]
Highmark Health has introduced Alloyed Works, which will unite its diversified business offerings in a single portfolio.
UnitedHealth Group paid $22 million to recover access to data and systems encrypted by the Blackcat ransomware gang, according to Reuters.
Change management barriers include reimagining how health systems communicate with physicians and nursing staff, say Cleveland Clinic ACO’s Dr. Jessica Hohman and Cleveland Clinic Florida’s Dr. Richard Rothman, who will be speaking at HIMSS24.
Hospital smart rooms take the pressure off of nurses doing tasks at bedside that can be done virtually. The technologies that make up a smart room – remote patient monitoring, virtual care, computer vision technology and a BioIntelliSense button to measure vital signs – and being implemented across Houston Methodist’s 4,000 beds to connect patients […]
The primary care workforce is struggling to meet the population’s demands, and doesn’t receive enough investment despite diminishing supply and growing demand, a new report has found.
Gabriel Seidman, director of policy at Ellison Institute of Technology and colleagues wrote a paper on what the federal government and states can do to build a nationwide ecosystem to address homelessness and other health issues.