Swimming robotic pill allows gastroenterologists the ability to look around the inside of body by video call, says Torrey Smith, cofounder and CEO of Endiatx.
Walgreens is partnering with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) – part of the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response in the Department of Health and Human Services – to increase innovation in decentralized clinical trials as part of the Decentralized Clinical
Changes announced to ACO REACH model for 2025 and 2026 will disincentivize providers from achieving meaningful improvements across the quintuple aim, according to Gary Jacobs, executive director at VillageMD’s Center for Public Policy.
The average cost of employer-sponsored healthcare coverage in the U.S. is expected to increase 9% next year, surpassing $16,000 per employee in 2025, according to a new Aon report. This projected increase, which assumes employers do not implement employee cost-sharing increases and other cost-saving strategies, is higher than the 6.4% increase to healthcare budgets that […]
Insurer Humana has said it will pay $90 million to resolve a False Claims Act case alleging that the company submitted fraudulent bids to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to secure Part D prescription drug contracts between 2011 and 2017. This led to significant overcharges, according to the lawsuit filed by Phillips and […]
The Patient Safety Structural Measure released by CMS in the inpatient rule hard-wires patient safety as a top priority, says Leah Binder, president and CEO The Leapfrog Group.
AdventHealth, headquartered in Florida, has signed a definitive agreement to assume management of St. Luke’s Hospital in Columbus, North Carolina. St. Luke’s is a critical access hospital serving the Western Carolinas. The agreement also includes several physician and ambulatory care clinics.
Healthcare bankruptcies are on a gradual decline, showing signs of slowing down over the past three fiscal quarters, according to data published by healthcare advisory firm Gibbons Advisors. The report analyzed healthcare sector Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases filed from January 1, 2019 through June 30, 2024 for companies with more than $10 million in liabilities.
The federal government is treating extreme heat as an economic and public health concern, and this week the federal interagency National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS) released a National Heat Strategy for 2024-2030 that aims to coordinate planning for extreme heat events.
Massachusetts has seized a Steward Health Care hospital in the state, after numerous “go-rounds” with the landlord, according to Gov. Maura Healey. St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Boston had received a high-quality bid from a hospital operator but the landlord refused to move, Healey said.