The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services this week released the final part two guidance regarding plan outreach and education for the Medicare Prescription Payment Plan, which aims to ensure that people with Medicare prescription drug coverage, especially those most likely to benefit, are aware of the payment option.
LG Electronics went into digital health through partnerships and its own build strategies, leaning into health systems for clinical feedback, says Joe O’Brien, head of sales, digital health at LG Electronics.
The evidence gap means physicians don’t have the right evidence for best treatment decision, says Saurabh Gombar, adjunct faculty at Stanford Health Care and chief medical officer and cofounder of Atropos Health.
Healthcare chief finance officers (CFOs) have moved cost reduction, consistently among the top three priorities for the past three years, to the bottom of the list of concerns.
Hospitals and health systems are making headway when it comes to preventing infections, combating workplace violence and protecting the safety of patients, but according to a new American Hospital Association report, there’s still work to be done.
Artificial intelligence is data hungry, and interoperability is about putting data to work, says Marilee Benson, president and cofounder of Zen Healthcare IT.
Eversana, which provides services for the life sciences industry, is working with Digital Therapeutics Alliance to analyze different reimbursement frameworks in Europe, says Alberta Spreafico, senior vice president of health innovation at Eversana.
U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Angus King (I-Me.) have introduced legislation intended to reduce the relentless amount of cyberattacks targeting the healthcare industry. The Healthcare Cybersecurity Act was conceived after a ransomware attack on the health payment platform Change Healthcare, which senators said highlighted a lack of preparation and training during […]
Former Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine was sentenced to three and a half years in prison this week for conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud in connection with unnecessary lab testing, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan said that Oxendine conspired with Dr. Jeffrey Gallups and others to submit fraudulent […]
UnitedHealth Group rebounded from a challenging first quarter to post a $4.2 billion profit in Q2, logging revenues of $98.9 billion. That’s quite a turnaround from Q1, during which the insurer reported a $1.4 billion loss. That was largely due to the massive cyberattack on Change Healthcare, as well as a divestiture of its Brazilian […]