Akron, Ohio-based Summa Health has entered a definitive agreement to be purchased by venture capital firm General Catalyst Health Assurance Transformation (HATCo) for $485 million.
Burnout among nurses is linked to worse patient safety, and lower healthcare quality and satisfaction, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open.
UnitedHealthcare will be expanding its individual and Family Affordable Care Act Marketplace plans to 30 additional states, with the increase encompassing new coverage areas in Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska and Wyoming, as well as additional counties in 13 other states.
Patients suffer the health consequences of attacks that delay or disrupt care or result in ambulances being turned away, says Greg Garcia, executive director of the HSCC, Cybersecurity Working Group.
Tom Leary, head of Government Relations at HIMSS, is tracking what the change in the administration could mean for interoperability and data sharing regulations that are already well underway. He and his team are also looking at what a new Congress means for other policies. “We absolutely expect with the new Congress, some new policy […]
Walgreens is paying $100 million to settle a seven-year-old class action lawsuit alleging the company inflated drug prices. Walgreens denies wrongdoing. The class action suit, Russo v. Walgreens Co., dragged out over seven years in “hard-fought litigation,” according to court documents. WHY THIS MATTERS
CVS Health saw revenues climb 6.3% as compared to last year, posting $95.4 billion in revenue for the third quarter, even as its health benefits segment underperformed, due principally to high utilization.
Leaders from Rutgers University and the broader New Jersey community convened last week to celebrate a $47.5 million federal grant for the Rutgers Institute for Translational Medicine and Science, which will be used to transform laboratory discoveries into more practical health solutions and treatments.
Elevance Health is the latest insurer to sue the Department of Health and Human Services over Medicare Advantage star ratings. Elevance, with affiliates Community Insurance Company in Ohio and Wellpoint in Texas, filed the lawsuit last week in federal court in the Northern District of Texas.
This unsustainable business model and the financial burden are passed on to providers, says Everett Wilson, healthcare regulatory attorney at Polsinelli.