It's part of a strategy to respond to immediate needs in the COVID-19 pandemic while investing to break the cycle of ‘boom and bust' financing that traditionally has slowed the U.S. response to health emergencies.
Healthcare workers reflect attitudes similar to the population at large—most may embrace the promise of the vaccines, but large segments remain hostile to it.
The new guidance still calls for wearing masks in crowded indoor settings like buses, planes and hospitals, but will help clear the way for reopening workplaces and schools.
The Republican governor withdrew a request to expand coverage that had been submitted to CMS after voters passed a constitutional amendment last August, saying lawmakers didn't provide requested funding.
A California lawmaker is pushing a bill that would require private health plans regulated by the state to extend coverage to some subscribers’ parents.
The bill seeks to streamline the prior authorization process in Medicare Advantage by requiring insurers adopt electronic programs, provide "real-time" determinations for some services and release information about denial rates.
States across the country are stepping up efforts to bring vaccines to where patients are.
Charlene and Ty Bollinger are part of an ecosystem of for-profit companies, nonprofit groups, YouTube channels and other social media accounts that stoke fear and distrust of COVID-19 vaccines, resorting to what medical experts say is often misleading and false information. This investigative report looks at the scope and depth of their work.
COVAX, a U.N.-backed project to ensure vaccine access globally, has run drastically behind schedule due in part to export bans and stockpiling by some countries.
HCA Healthcare will sell Redmond Regional Medical Center to Advent Health for $630 million in a move that ends the hospital giant's presence in northwest Georgia. HCA is selling properties to make more "flexible investments."
