The time required to schedule a physician appointment in 15 major metropolitan areas has increased by 19% since 2022 and by 48% since 2004, according to a new

Dan Mendelson is CEO of Morgan Health, the healthcare arm of JPMorganChase. Its mission is to improve employer-sponsored healthcare by investing in innovative young companies that improve primary care, Mendleson said. Half of people in this country get health insurance through their employers and it’s becoming increasingly unaffordable, he said.

The HIMSS Immunization Integration Program has the ultimate goal to improve vaccine coverage, says Office Practicum’s Chris Gibson and Dr. Rich Szabo.

Large increases in bad debt and charity care deductions during the first quarter of the year have resulted in hospitals and health systems seeing a notable rise in uncompensated care, according to the latest performance trends report from Strata.

The gap between the highest- and lowest-performing health plans is increasing as customer satisfaction is decreasing, according to a new J.D.

UChicago Medicine Medical Group has broken ties with a technology vendor after a data breach that potentially exposed patients’ personal information. From July 5, 2024, to July 11, 2024, an unauthorized individual gained access to Nationwide Recovery Services’ systems, the debt collection and recovery management agency formerly utilized by UChicago. The unauthorized party obtained information […]

Epic has built an API to automatically connect the VA database with non-VA hospitals, work that was previously done manually, says Matthew McCay, MultiCare Health System’s veteran advocacy manager, and Epic’s Brett Barker.  

Dr. Sameer Vohra, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, says timely, data-driven insights are needed to improve public health, and partnering with innovators to develop new tools can help advance these efforts.  

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has said it will be increasing federal oversight to stop states from putting Medicaid dollars toward healthcare for people who are in the country illegally.

Each year, about 1.8 million veterans miss appointments due to lack of transportation access, an issue the Veterans Health Administration–Uber Health Connect (VUHC) Initiative is addressing, says Zach Clark, global head of Uber Health.