[ad_1] Alex Kacik: Federal regulators have been trying to boost risk based contracting and healthcare. Their latest attempt is to give new Medicare Accountable Care Organizations advanced shared […]

[ad_1] Healthcare organizations including Kaiser Permanente, Boston Medical Center and Massachusetts General Hospital are making investments in nutrition and food insecurity programs as part of a White House […]

[ad_1] David Confer, a bicyclist and an audio technician, told his doctor he “used to be Ph.D. level” during a 2019 appointment in Washington, D.C. Confer, then 50, […]

[ad_1] Hospitals and health systems are looking to do more to address financial stress among employees, particularly those earning lower wages. Besides pay hikes, employers are implementing income-based […]

[ad_1] Healthcare bankruptcies are on the rise, led by the long-term care sector, research by the consluting firm Gibbins Advisors shows.  From 2021 through June 2022, 30 senior […]

[ad_1] A proposed class-action lawsuit alleging DaVita, Tenet Healthcare and UnitedHealth Group affiliates violated antitrust law by agreeing not to hire each other’s senior employees is moving forward, although […]

[ad_1] Ezike joined Sinai just three months after stepping down as head of IDPH. A Better Government Association investigation earlier this year showed that IDPH, under Ezike’s tenure, […]

[ad_1] Weeks after laying off one-fifth of its workforce, health insurance brokerage, GoHealth closed a $50 million private investment round. According to an FCC filing, more than half […]

[ad_1] Two Medicare programs that boost rural hospital payments would be temporarily extended as part of a stopgap federal spending bill that advanced past an initial vote in […]

[ad_1] The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission on Tuesday unanimously approved Mass General Brigham’s 18-month plan to curb excessive spending. In January, the commission ordered Mass General to come […]