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.
Nine federal agencies are now tasked with advancing the White House’s call for religious freedom and equity by finalizing a rule that restores religious liberty protections for beneficiaries of federally funded social services, such as job training and job search assistance, academic enrichment opportunities and housing services.
UnitedHealth Group’s Temporary Funding Assistance Program to resume payment operations for hospitals dealing with the aftermath of Change Healthcare’s disruptive cyberattack “is not even a band-aid on the payment problems you identify,” the AHA
Evidence-based nursing is the process by which nurses and other clinical experts determine best practices in healthcare.