The Latest
-
Opioid giant Purdue files for bankruptcy to pay sweeping settlement
The Chapter 11 filing is meant to facilitate a more than $10 billion agreement in principle that the company just reached with 24 states and five U.S. territories.
-
SponsoredPatient matching—the missing puzzle piece to value-based care?
How can healthcare organizations achieve value-based care? It begins by creating a patient record matching strategy.
-
Moody's: Hospitals highly vulnerable to cyberattacks
Although email phishing, EHR breaches and ransomware schemes are the most common, medical devices such as insulin pumps and cardiac devices may soon become a new point of vulnerability, according to a new report.
-
Colorado union votes to strike at Kaiser, bringing 'yes' votes nationwide to 42K
The strike is scheduled to begin Oct. 14 and run for seven days.
UPDATED: Sept. 17, 2019 at 9:49 a.m. -
Treatment centers sue UnitedHealth unit for $5M in denied claims
The action comes on the heels of a court ruling from early this year that found United Behavioral Health's treatment guidelines were too restrictive, leading to care being denied for substance use disorders.
-
Quest didn't steal Cedars-Sinai blood test in trade secrets row, jury says
Hospitals are increasingly using intellectual property to spur transition of early stage discoveries into products that can be commercialized through licensing agreements.
-
Air ambulance advisory panel on surprise billing takes shape
The committee is tasked with reviewing and making recommendations to improve issues related to surprise billing, transparency around charges and fees, and insurance coverage.
-
Nursing home operator gets 20-year sentence in $1B healthcare fraud case
The government used advanced data analysis and forensic accounting to uncover the full scope of the Miami-area scheme that bilked Medicare and Medicaid.
-
American Kidney Fund lobbies White House on charitable premium assistance
Insurers are pushing for a reexamination of policies they argue allow financially interested third parties to steer end-stage renal disease patients eligible for Medicare or Medicaid to private plans.
-
Most nations grappling with increased healthcare cost trends
The world's most expensive healthcare is in the United States. However, other countries are also struggling with medical costs and inflation.
-
Employers urged to get off sidelines to trim healthcare costs
"Healthcare is not their day job. They build ships. They stock groceries," the CEO of the Pacific Business Group on Health said. "But as costs go up, they're the ones paying it."
-
Patient use of digital health tools lags behind hype, poll finds
Though a majority of those surveyed by the Kaiser Family Foundation said they use apps or similar tools to track fitness, nutrition and sleep, only 44% have accessed their medical records online.
-
Health companies still struggle with tech infrastructure, survey finds
Nurses have seen the biggest increase over time in smartphone usage, with 79% reporting they were allowed to use the devices this year versus 53% in 2011, according to a report from Spok.
-
Insurers to deliver whopping $1.3B in ACA consumer rebates
The record amount revealed in a Kaiser Family Foundation analysis reflects how profitable payers were over the past few years, largely fueled by plans in the individual market.
-
Without much choice on ACA exchanges, will star ratings matter?
The plan rankings are coming Nov. 1, but large swaths of the country have few carriers to choose from, raising questions about the usefulness of a rankings system.
-
In blow to Amazon's PillPack, Surescripts terminates contract with data startup
The move is the latest in ongoing tensions between the e-commerce giant and CVS, which, along with pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts and two trade groups, owns Surescripts.
-
Uninsured rate rises for 1st time since ACA
The percentage of people with public coverage fell by 0.4 percentage points between 2017 and 2018 while the percentage of Americans with private coverage did not change, according to the the U.S. Census Bureau.
-
Many people head to ER for quick care, poll finds
Baby boomers are less likely than their younger counterparts to head to the costlier site of care for non-emergency conditions.
-
Apple to start trio of research studies on hearing, heart and women's health
The studies, which will be organized through a new Apple Research app this fall, are being conducted in partnership with various universities, hospitals, associations and the government.
-
Mayo Clinic, Google announce 10-year cloud data partnership
The provider hopes to leverage the tech giant's artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities to advance its digital diagnostics.
-
Medicare would negotiate prices for 250 drugs under House Democrats' plan
Speaker Nancy Pelosi's proposal also finds common ground with the president in pegging U.S. prices to an international index.
-
CHS hospital fined $85K in first HIPAA right of access case
The Office of Civil Rights began looking into the Florida hospital following a complaint from a woman seeking prenatal health records for her child.
-
Back in session, Congress faces industry pushback on surprise billing
Intense lobbying by industry has taken its toll on the potential for a fix, once viewed as a promising field of action with bipartisan backing and even mention from President Donald Trump.
-
Latest Civica Rx pact aims to alleviate shortage of emergency medicine
The coalition of providers led by Intermountain inked a deal for Exela to supply sodium bicarbonate to member hospitals.
-
Low-margin rural hospitals far from next ER
Texas, New Mexico and Kansas had the most struggling rural hospitals, an analysis by the Center for American Progress found.
