Moffitt Cancer Center is using immersive VR apps to solve common problems seen in the practice, says Dr. Sarah Hoffe and Brian Gonzalez, who will be speaking at HIMSS25.
Once again, more nonprofit hospitals experienced credit downgrades than upgrades in 2024, though the difference between the two is not as great as it has been in previous years, according to a new analysis.
Senate confirmation hearings for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s pick to head Health and Human Services, will take place on Wednesday and Thursday of next week.
The five medical centers overseen by the University of California have collected more than a decade’s worth of surgical data, allowing it to streamline care and improve financial margins, saving $15 million so far in a collective known as the University of California Cardiac Surgery Consortium (UCCSC), the university said.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has appealed UnitedHealthcare’s win over its Medicare Advantage star ratings score. CMS filed the appeal on Tuesday in federal court for the Eastern District of Texas. It is appealing the November 22, 2024 order mandating CMS recalculate the MA 2025 star ratings without consideration of a secret shopper […]
Elevance Health saw $418 million in profit during the fourth quarter, down 51% from the $856 million in profit it hauled in at the end of 2023, company officials said during an earnings call this morning. Revenue was up year-over-year, hitting $45 billion in 2024, up from $42.5 billion the prior year.
Aspirus Health in Wausau, Wisconsin is expanding one of its hospitals to the tune of about $227 million, with Aspirus Wausau Hospital earmarked for renovation as critical care needs grow in the region, the health system said.
The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Walgreens Boots Alliance and its subsidiaries for allegedly dispensing millions of unlawful prescriptions in violation of the Controlled Substances Act. According to the lawsuit, Walgreens then sought reimbursement for many of these prescriptions from various federal healthcare programs in violation of the False Claims Act.
Three days before President Donald Trump was sworn into office, the Department of Health and Human Services announced the award of $590 million to Moderna to accelerate the development of mRNA-based pandemic influenza vaccines. WHY THIS MATTERS
Issues and plans include cybersecurity, optimizing claims processing to reduce denials, and modernizing patient digital access and experience, says Michael Mainiero, chief digital and information officer at Catholic Health Long Island.