Forty percent of employees responding to a new survey from Willis Towers Watson said they deferred medical care over the past year, including 28% who delayed or canceled a medical procedure or appointment. At the same time, 17% failed to fill at least one prescription, while 20% said their healthcare provider delayed or canceled a […]
In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court has sided with a health plan over its coverage for outpatient dialysis services. Major dialysis service provider DaVita had sued the Marietta Memorial Hospital Employee Health Benefit Plan claiming its limited coverage violated the statute.
Provider compensation increased in 2021 as the volume of services rose again to pre-pandemic levels, according to a report from AMGA Consulting (American Medical Group Association).
Castell’s chief analytics officer Andrew Sorenson discusses the wider applications of value based care for providers.
Health Services firm Optum UK, a subsidiary of UnitedHeath Group, will acquire U.K.-based healthcare technology company EMIS for about $1.51 billion, the latter has announced.
There are significant inaccuracies in Medicare data on race and ethnicity, which is especially troublesome given that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is looking to collect such data from providers and payers, according to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General.
President and CEO of Canada Health Infoway Michael Green discusses telehealth taking hold after the pandemic and its assistance in getting kids mental healthcare.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has now cleared the way for children six months through five years old to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, following a recommendation from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimates that Medicare payments to home health agencies in 2023 would decrease in the aggregate by 4.2%, or $810 million, compared to 2022, in its 2023 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update
With telehealth laws now receiving federal attention, it is imperative that organizations are fully equipped to make virtual care a permanent part of their practice. Regulatory compliance, the right technology strategy and proper training are some of the backend operations that organizations need to consider to not only optimize virtual care, but to standardized care […]