Quality issues are still the number one reason for drug shortages, and in an effort to address this, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is debuting a quality management maturity (QMM) program intended to incentivize drugmakers to invest in quality measures.
Healthcare is a growing sector of the economy including the export of pharmaceuticals, medical equipment and devices, says Filipe Santos Costa, chairman and CEO of AICEP.
Lompoc Valley Medical Center (LVMC), a California healthcare system that operates multiple providers including a hospital and several clinics, has agreed to pay $5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act and the California False Claims Act by submitting false claims to Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program. The alleged false claims […]
A tech platform embedded at the bedside, a simulation center, AI and interoperability align with strategic goals regarding patient focus, say assistant VPs Tarra Kerr and Ashok Kurian.
CenterWell Senior Primary Care, a Humana-owned primary care business focused on seniors, said this week it will start offering in-home primary care services to seniors who seek care at certain facilities in Louisiana and Georgia. The new program, Primary Care Anywhere, was facilitated in part by the acquisitions of Heal earlier this year. Heal is […]
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has sent a letter to Medicaid directors in all 50 states directing them to determine whether they have an eligibility systems issue that could cause people, especially children, to be disenrolled from Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (
Rapid expansion of telehealth services for mental health conditions at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic helped improve access to care and improved provider ability to meet patient demand, according to a study published in JAMA Health Forum.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has issued a proposed rule that seeks to establish comprehensive staffing requirements for nursing homes – including, for the first time, national minimum nurse staffing standards.
Healthcare provider Bon Secours Mercy Health (BSMH) escalated its ongoing dispute with regional Elevance Health by filing a lawsuit against insurer Anthem on Monday. The lawsuit alleges Anthem owes more than $93 million in unpaid claims.