The carve-outs for extended care and at-home healthcare still leave a critical gap in coverage, health experts say, and force the economic and emotional responsibility of caregiving onto undocumented seniors' families and communities.
The carve-outs for extended care and at-home healthcare still leave a critical gap in coverage, health experts say, and force the economic and emotional responsibility of caregiving onto undocumented seniors' families and communities.
A computer glitch led Centene's Sunshine State Health Plan to mistakenly deny medical claims for more than 121,100 lower-income adults and children.
A former Tennessee nurse is guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the death of a patient who was accidentally given the wrong medication, a jury found Friday.
A whistleblower alleges Modernizing Medicine falsely obtained certification and provided illegal kickbacks to customers.
While testing and monitoring has improved over the pandemic, a new variant is taking hold and some policy changes could prevent early surge detection and prevention.
Sixteen drugmakers will limit 340B discounts to contract pharmacies as lawsuits over the restrictions continue.
Overpayments occur when diagnostic codes sent to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for payment are not documented in a patient's medical chart.
The strike was scheduled for March 23 since it is the anniversary of the Affordable Care Act.
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said in a statement announcing the signing that the COVID-19 pandemic has underscored healthcare workers' importance and they deserve to be safe.
The Ninth Circuit ruled that United Behavioral Health adequately followed plan terms when it denied coverage by self-insured and fully insured employer health plans for residential and outpatient treatment.
The trade group most recently contributed an undisclosed amount to SteelSky Ventures as part of its broader push to support initiatives led by women and people of color.
Confirmed cases of the virus had been falling steadily worldwide since January but rose again last week, due to the more infectious omicron variant and its subvariant BA.2.
Here’s what is known so far, and what's next before the nation’s 18 million children under 5 can become eligible for vaccination.
London's appointment comes as more insurers invest in care delivery and healthcare services as a way to grow their revenue beyond insurance premiums.
"The lack of funding for COVID-19 needs is having real consequences," Martin Kramer, a spokesman for the Health Resources and Services Administration, said in a statement. “We have begun an orderly shutdown of the program."
Advocate Aurora's salary, wage and benefit costs only increased 3.2% from 2020 to 2021, well below the 13% national average.
With coronavirus cases rising in parts of Europe and Asia, scientists worry that an extra-contagious version of the omicron variant may soon push cases up in the United States too.
A four-judge panel upheld New Jersey federal judge John Vazquez' ruling that allowed federal regulators to block the proposed acquisition.
The hospitals will help Kaiser Permanente physicians provide inpatient services to their patients in Maryland.
Cityblock Health, a New York-based digital health unicorn focused on primary care, named Dr. Toyin Ajayi its new chief. Ajayi spoke with Digital Health Business & Technology about her goals as CEO of the company and standing out among a crowded field in primary care disruption.
Algorithmic bias, data-driven social determinants programs and setting incident response plans for cyberattacks were key themes shared at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's 2022 trade show.
Elizabeth Fowler, director of CMMI, joins the Check Up to discuss the new ACO REACH model and changes to direct contracting.
Fresenius Medical Care, InterWell Health and Cricket Health are founding a value-based kidney care company.
