[ad_1] Republicans blocked a Democratic attempt Tuesday to begin Senate debate on a $10 billion COVID-19 compromise, pressing to entangle the bipartisan package with an election-year showdown over […]
Tivity Health goes private in $2 billion deal
[ad_1] Tivity Health, a Franklin, Tennessee-based consumer health company, announced it will be purchased by private equity firm Stone Point Capital for $2 billion. The transaction with Greenwich, […]
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan offers DNA testing for more accurate prescriptions
[ad_1] For some Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan members, the days of trial and error with new medications is over. The Detroit-based insurer launched a precision medicine […]
Healthcare not as ‘recession-proof’ as expected, analysts say
[ad_1] Healthcare companies are at higher risk of defaulting on their loans than many other industries, a new report indicates. The healthcare industry had the highest likelihood to […]
HHS requests info on cybersecurity practices at health organizations
[ad_1] The Health and Human Services Department wants input on how healthcare organizations implement security practices for health information privacy as it considers future rules and guidance. A […]
Commentary: Many of America’s nurses are angry—and they have every right to be
[ad_1] March 11 began year three of the COVID-19 pandemic as declared by the World Health Organization. This global crisis has taken its toll in suffering, economic distress […]
Dueling Opinions: What’s challenging the nation’s nursing homes?
[ad_1] As more care continues to shift from hospitals and nursing facilities to home-based services, what do you see as some pros and cons? Perry: So many of […]
Policing and health: lessons from Minneapolis
[ad_1] Looking better More research is needed. Hardeman and Chantarat believe their study is the first to link over-policing to a higher risk of preterm births. Recent papers […]
Quality officers tackle pandemic throughput with discharge improvement
[ad_1] Quality teams had to manage the push and pull of maximizing the discharge process to create bed space while ensuring patients went home with everything they needed […]
Biden unveils proposed fix for ACA’s ‘family glitch’
[ad_1] President Joe Biden’s administration has been working on a fix to what’s known as the Affordable Care Act’s “family glitch,” a quirk estimated to be keeping about 5 […]