[ad_1] The city of Brevard, North Carolina sued HCA Healthcare for allegedly inflating healthcare costs after it acquired Mission Health. Nashville, Tennessee-based hospital giant HCA controls more than […]
Surescripts names outsider as CEO
[ad_1] Surescripts named an outsider, Frank Harvey, as its CEO, the e-prescription company said Monday. Harvey, who most recently led private-equity investments for healthcare technology companies at ATLS […]
Addressing the ‘Trust Factor’: South Carolina researchers tackle health disparities using genetics
[ad_1] Quenton Tompkins’ family tree is deeply rooted in rural McCormick County, South Carolina. His grandfather was a sharecropper in McCormick. His mother, who turns 88 this month, […]
Abbott restarts baby formula plant linked to contamination
[ad_1] Abbott Nutrition has restarted production at the Michigan baby formula factory that has been closed for months due to contamination, the company said Saturday, taking a step […]
Legal experts expect ‘more scrutiny’ of Medicare prior authorization from feds
[ad_1] As the federal government’s attention to improper Medicare Advantage prior authorization denials intensifies, insurers should consider examining their policies if they want to avoid trouble. Hospitals have […]
More companies invest in mental health services for employees during work hours
[ad_1] At the same time, patients and employees are asking for more help. In 2021, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan reported a 27 percent increase in the […]
Layoffs hit Cerebral, Carbon Health and other digital health companies
[ad_1] Layoffs have begun to hit the digital health industry as two digital health unicorns said they were cutting staff this week. Cerebral, the embattled mental health startup, […]
Q&A: AHRQ chief aims to help communities improve their health systems
[ad_1] The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has a low profile within the Health and Human Services Department. But its mission has big implications for hospitals and […]
CMS offers extra year to spend enhanced Medicaid home care funding
[ad_1] States will get an extra year to use enhanced Medicaid home- and community-based services funding, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced Friday. The dollars will […]
How health professionals can navigate a digital world we don’t yet fully understand
[ad_1] Every October, I receive dozens of messages commemorating the victims of the Tree of Life massacre in Pittsburgh, where 11 of my neighbors were murdered while they […]