Primary care chain One Medical files to go public

The company reported a $34.2 million loss through the first nine months of 2019. Investors include The Carlyle Group with a roughly 27% stake and Google parent Alphabet with about 6%.

By Samantha Liss • Jan. 6, 2020

CMS wants to overhaul how organs are procured in the US

The agency estimates if all procurement groups met both the new donation and transplantation rate measures, the number of yearly transplants would shoot up more than 15% by 2026.

By Rebecca Pifer • Dec. 17, 2019

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Payer/provider relationships

As M&A intensifies and companies embrace more holistic and value-based care models, partnerships have become more closely intertwined.

By Healthcare Dive staff

Care coordination: Many patient touchpoints, 1 strategy for success

Learn how you can create an environment that enhances collaboration and increases workflow efficiencies.

Dec. 17, 2019

Digital assistant Notable nets large system deal with CommonSpirit

Notable's voice-enabled assistant allows physicians to automatically document conversations with patients via their Apple Watch. Voice-to-text and AI products are fueling growth in the lucrative medical documentation space.

By Rebecca Pifer • Dec. 12, 2019

Nonprofit hospitals get bump in Moody's ratings for 2020

The investor service predicts a healthier sector in the new year, though health systems will still contend with headwinds like rising labor costs, an aging population and political uncertainty.

By Rebecca Pifer • Updated Dec. 11, 2019

The Healthcare Dive Awards for 2019

From the Affordable Care Act lawsuit to CVS Health CEO Larry Merlo, these are the companies, executives and movements that shaped U.S. healthcare this year.

Dec. 9, 2019

Disparities between care in rural, urban areas getting worse

"The game is rigged," Janice Probst, a professor at the University of South Carolina's Arnold School of Public Health, said. "If we don't change the game, we never win."

By Rebecca Pifer • Dec. 4, 2019

Troubled Quorum Health mulls going private with PE firm KKR

The board of the Community Health Systems spinoff said it will "carefully consider" the private equity giant's offer, which includes a buyout of minority stakeholders for $1 a share.

By Rebecca Pifer • Dec. 3, 2019

Depression in doctors linked to increase in medical errors, study finds

The authors of the study in JAMA Network Open urged healthcare institutions to remove barriers that may keep doctors suffering with depression from obtaining help.

By Ron Shinkman • Dec. 2, 2019

Walgreens, UnitedHealthcare team up to open in-store Medicare centers

The move comes as rival retailers like CVS and Walmart devote more floor space to health services. The 14 stores will open next year in five metro areas.

By Samantha Liss • Nov. 26, 2019

AMA ushers in LGBTQ, immigration, other new policies

The influential physician group's House of Delegates voted to update training guidelines on topics like treating gays and lesbians and how the healthcare financing system works.

By Samantha Liss • Nov. 20, 2019

Providers take next step in social determinants: hyperlocalism

Industry can "help others have an uncomfortable dialogue about what is truly driving health outcomes in this country," Atrium Health's Alisahah Cole said at the Healthcare of Tomorrow conference.

By Shannon Muchmore • Nov. 19, 2019

Providers shell out $2.76B annually to update directories

Medical practices spend nearly $1,000 per month updating lists of insurers' in-network providers, according to a new report from an alliance of big payers.

By Linda Wilson • Nov. 14, 2019

From telehealth to 'Medicare for All': takeaways from HLTH19

All of Healthcare Dive's coverage from the health innovation conference's second year.

Nov. 8, 2019

Retail makes its case, telehealth and voice tech dominate: 6 takeaways from HLTH19

Consumerism has its limits, interoperability rules face execution challenges and more from Las Vegas.

By Rebecca Pifer • Nov. 6, 2019

Haven partners with traditional payers in plans offered to Amazon, JPM workers

The nonprofit formed early last year to tackle rising employee healthcare costs spooked established players but has since given few details about how it might accomplish its goals.

By Rebecca Pifer • Nov. 5, 2019

HLTH19: Telehealth seeks to move beyond flu, but stymied by regulations

"I think we're past the tipping point of where virtual care becomes expected or embedded," Teladoc COO David Sides said at the conference. "I don't think you can put the genie back in the bottle."

By Rebecca Pifer • Nov. 1, 2019

Teladoc revenues, visits rise on heels of UnitedHealth contract

The virtual health company had the greatest population expansion in its history in the third quarter and now expects total U.S. paid membership to be about 35 million for the full year.

By Linda Wilson • Oct. 31, 2019

AI voice tech startup Suki partners with Google Cloud

Suki's CEO told Healthcare Dive the digital assistant will be announcing two "very, very large" deployments with major U.S. health systems in the next month or so.

By Rebecca Pifer • Oct. 30, 2019

Google eyes AI to cut hospital red tape, move providers beyond 'data clerks'

Former Geisinger chief David Feinberg laid out the search giant's health vision at HLTH on Monday, including pushing the movement to outpatient care.

By Rebecca Pifer • Oct. 29, 2019

Facebook launches preventive care tool in tandem with healthcare groups

Though Facebook's head of healthcare promised the social media giant wouldn't sell or use the personal health information, the announcement is likely to rile consumer privacy groups.

By Rebecca Pifer • Oct. 28, 2019

Uber lands EHR deal with Cerner

The partnership announced Sunday at the HLTH conference​ will allow clients to schedule non-emergency medical transportation for their patients in the ride-hailing giant's first EHR integration.

By Rebecca Pifer • Oct. 28, 2019

Mastercard launches new healthcare unit on billing, data security

New products include predictive analytics built into a health system's billing platform, allowing the provider to personalize patient payment plans, and AI tech to detect suspicious claims activity and fraud.

By Rebecca Pifer • Oct. 27, 2019

Wave of deals expected as private equity eyes orthopaedic practices

The business of replacing hips and knees is a lucrative area for investors as joint replacements are expected to rise and more care migrates to outpatient settings.

Oct. 25, 2019

Race-based bias in care extends even to algorithms, study says

A new study in the journal Science claims that a widely-used algorithm intended to refer patients in a neutral manner may actually be biased against black patients.

By Ron Shinkman • Oct. 24, 2019