A pair of surveys on employee benefit plans found the COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the importance of mental health among employers and employees alike. The delta variant has also increased employers' appetite for vaccine mandates.
The Pittsburgh-based provider will use SomaLogic's clinical research platform and development projects to see how proteomic data can potentially be used to, for instance, inform doctors and patients as to a person's real-time health status or disease risk.
Henry Ford Health System cut 120 patient beds from its five hospitals due to a shortage of workers.
The powerful House Ways and Means Committee is proposing a permanent expansion of Affordable Care Act subsidies to middle-income earners, a big priority for hospitals and insurers.
The average person doesn’t need a COVID-19 booster yet, an international group of scientists — including two top U.S. regulators — wrote Monday in a scientific journal.
Babyscripts, which counts MemorialCare Health System, Banner Health and Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin among its customers, plans to use the recent investment to build scale and develop new care models.
Dan Lundergan, CEO of University of Utah Health Hospitals and Clinics, joins The Check Up to discuss his roles within the organization for over 40 years and his leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic.
As schools open and much of the country languishes without pandemic-related restrictions, epidemiologists say widespread rapid-test screening — along with vaccination and mask-wearing — is critical to controlling the delta variant's spread. Yet shortages, little competition and sticky high prices mean routine rapid testing remains out of reach for most Americans, even if prices drop 35%.
Increased competition on the ACA will lead to lower premiums next year, at least for the insurers that can tolerate a loss, analysts say.
