As many as 100,000 Kaiser Permanente were on the verge of walking off the job Monday.
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As many as 100,000 Kaiser Permanente were on the verge of walking off the job Monday.
COVID-19 costs, lower premiums in 2021 and potential coverage of Aduhelm are leading to high 2022 premiums, CMS said.
An emergency rule published Friday would allow skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities to close for up to two years, if they are short staffed because of the vaccine requirement.
Union workers at Kaiser Permanente facilities in four states have been working without contracts since Oct. 1.
Northwell Health filed the most liens of any system in the metro area in 2017 and 2018, a Community Service Society of New York analysis found.
By asking the Supreme Court to end its inquiry, CVS no longer has the opportunity to redefine federal disability law, although the case against the group of patients will continue.
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Reducing gun violence isn't just a mission for law enforcement or lawmakers—it requires a multidisciplinary approach. Healthcare providers can play a critical role.
President Joe Biden on Friday is tapping former FDA commissioner Robert Califf to again lead the powerful regulatory agency, according to a person familiar with the decision.
CMS officially tossed out a policy to quickly grant Medicare coverage of certain devices after delaying twice.
The last three school districts in Florida that required at least some students to wear masks are dropping their mandates for student facial coverings.
British-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca said Friday that it will start to book a modest profit from its coronavirus vaccine as it moves away from the nonprofit model it has operated during the pandemic.
Maternal mental health disorder accounted for the biggest share of both medical and societal costs like loss of economic output at $18.1 billion over a six-year span, according to a new study.
Tenet's $1.2 billion bet on ambulatory surgical centers is still likely to pay off, analysts say.
Among the crop of newly-public insurtechs, only Alignment Healthcare controlled member healthcare costs to reach an MLR near 85%.
Some states are projected to gain more than $1 billion in federal subsidies to close Medicaid coverage gaps.
The new scheduling system was built under a $10 billion contract with Cerner, an electronic health records company.
The contagious delta variant is driving up COVID-19 hospitalizations in the Mountain West and fueling disruptive outbreaks in the North.
Two of New Mexico's largest hospitals on Thursday announced that they would be focusing on patients who need care the most, meaning non-medically necessary procedures will likely have to be delayed.
Union organizing director Sherri McKinney said in a statement that the coverage was cut off without notification to striking employees and union retirees.
Anthem's Medicaid growth has come from new members gained through new state partnerships, acquisitions and a regulatory pause on redeterminations.
Nearly 2,000 Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers in Hawaii plan to strike later this month over wages and staffing concerns.
California has begun positioning equipment and locking in contracts with temporary health care workers in preparation for another possible winter surge of coronavirus cases, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday.
About 900,000 kids aged 5 to 11 will have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in their first week of eligibility, the White House said, providing the first glimpse at the pace of the school-aged vaccination campaign.
Health insurers expected medical expenses to soar as patients' fear of COVID-19 waned. They were wrong, and it's making their financial futures murky.
Nationwide, community health centers are advocating for Medicaid flexibilities to extend past the end of the public health emergency.
The states predict in their complaint that the mandate will devastate healthcare systems, especially in rural areas, by exacerbating workforce shortages.
The Kaiser Family Foundation's annual survey also found that health benefit premiums are almost 50% higher than just a decade ago.
After heavy lobbying from hospital and physician associations that expressed safety concerns, CMS said it would pause the phase-out plans for the inpatient-only list.
The sector has undergone big structural changes as commercial payers began to scrutinize expensive out-of-network and residential treatment benefits, payment for which private equity investors were banking on.
Now that the FDA has authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech shot for kids ages 5-11, Esperanza Health Centers' efforts may provide lessons for other places in the U.S. that have struggled to vaccinate children.
The pace at which any health system can adopt new digital systems and shepherd them to implementation remains glacially slow.
Colorado has reactivated crisis guidelines for staffing at healthcare systems across the state as COVID-19 hospitalizations and infections continue to rise.
The extension into early 2022 is an indication that after premature declarations of victory over the pandemic in July, the Biden administration is preparing for continued COVID-19 disruptions well into next year.
Dr. Don Rucker will join 1upHealth, a startup with a cloud-based platform that converts data to the FHIR standard, as its chief strategy officer.
Many small hospitals have shuttered their labor and delivery units as births decline. For those who resist the trend, some studies suggest that hospitals with low deliveries are more likely to see complications for patients.
The use of community health workers, increased patient outreach, improved access and specialized clinician training could all help address healthcare inequity, according to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
Advocates for people with disabilities say part of the problem is the increased difficulty in getting direct care workers and the need to pay them more through Pennsylvania's Medicaid reimbursement system.
MedPAC wants to revisit aligning pay for ambulatory care settings, which it says could help tackle healthcare consolidation.
The conglomerate plans to break up its healthcare, aviation and energy operations into separate companies.
How many employees will be willing to accept some risk to themselves — or their job security — for blowing the whistle on their own employers.
Pfizer asked U.S. regulators Tuesday to allow boosters of its COVID-19 vaccine for anyone 18 or older, a step that comes amid concern about increased spread of the coronavirus with holiday travel and gatherings.
Two Phoenix Children's Hospital workers are suing after employees with a vaccine-mandate exemption were able to see each other's email addresses.
Oak Street Health is under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice for its arrangements with third-party marketing agents over the free transportation services it offers its adult Medicare patients.
As the pandemic unfolded, hospitals faced the daunting task of selecting treatment plans without robust research. Medical leaders harnessed existing resources and innovated to sift through incoming data.
Truveta, a for-profit data venture founded by health systems, also unveiled a cloud-based research platform.
The Biden administration is providing local school districts with tools to help schools partner with pharmacies to administer shots. And it’s asking schools to share information on the benefits of vaccines and details about the vaccination process with parents, to counter disinformation surrounding the shots.
A new report from the Lown Institute scored more than 3,000 hospitals on Medicare mortality rates and per-patient costs and determined the program could save $8 billion per year if hospitals were more efficient.
Tenet Healthcare will buy SurgCenter Development, a company from which it had already acquired 67 facilities.
Providers claim the unlicensed stem cell therapies can be used for treating painful symptoms, orthopedic diseases or injuries.
MedPAC wants to try fixing an ACO payment glitch, but some advisors say mandatory participation could be part of a solution.
The privately held company allegedly paid Colorado-based orthopedic surgeon Dr. Peter Millett millions of dollars under the guise of royalty payments to boost sales.
Two federal appeals courts disagree whether employee health plans can legally categorize all dialysis providers as out-of-network.
The Biden administration wants the multiple challenges to its workplace rule consolidated in a single federal court and has asked for a decision by early next week.
Not-for-profit facilities find success in selling donated blood to hospitals.
Organizations are trying new strategies to help older Americans get better care.
Hospitals, senior care facilities, community health centers and other employers are competing to hire candidates to fill thousands of open positions at healthcare facilities in Northeast Ohio as burnout, career changes, geographic relocations and more contribute to growing job vacancies.
"If we have medications out here that are working — or seem to be working — I think it's absolutely horrible that we're not trying them," said Republican state Sen. Tom Corbin in South Carolina.
Rodgers, who has been tested daily as part of NFL protocols for unvaccinated players, found out he contracted COVID-19 on Wednesday.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted an emergency stay of the requirement by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration that those workers be vaccinated by Jan. 4 or face mask requirements and weekly tests.
President Joe Biden is pushing forward with a massive plan to require millions of private sector employees to get vaccinated by early next year. But first, he has to make sure workers in his own federal government get the shot.
The group voted to disband largely because the members became more competitive and didn't work together as required by the agreement.