Some experts believe providers are using their post-COVID publicity glow to pressure insurers into rate increases, pointing to a rash of recent tense negotiations.
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Some experts believe providers are using their post-COVID publicity glow to pressure insurers into rate increases, pointing to a rash of recent tense negotiations.
More than 100 U.S. hospitals have shuttered over the past decade, and industry experts think 1,000 more could close in the decade to come, as the conditions that have reduced margins and volumes across the country further ossify.
Federal prosecutors have charged 14 telehealth executives, physicians, marketers and healthcare business owners for their alleged schemes, ranging from alleged unnecessary tests to bribing companies for referrals.
Production of another potential vaccine against COVID-19 will begin within weeks, its developers Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline said Thursday as they launched a large trial enrolling 35,000 adult volunteers in the United States, Asia, Africa and Latin America.
The collaboration enables access to the next level of care for patients in the MetroHealth system and allows clinicians to be part of a large and diverse program while delivering care to patients in their community, close to home, according to the release.
Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock on Wednesday wrote a letter saying they want the federal government to find a way to provide health insurance coverage to people in Georgia and 11 other states that haven't agreed to expand the Medicaid program.
CMS delayed the Medicaid drug rebate program requirements until July 2022. Drugmakers sued the federal government over them last week.
Blue Shield of California members have saved $20 million in out-of-pocket prescription costs over the past two years thanks to a partnership with a startup that claims to shed light on patients' drug cost for providers.
Federal prosecutors have charged 14 telehealth executives for their alleged schemes, ranging from alleged unnecessary tests to bribing companies for referrals.
Primary care providers got roughly half their typical compensation increases in 2020 due to pay freezes and volume declines during the pandemic. But their salaries have grown at a faster rate since 2016 compared with specialists.
Hospital leaders at Children's Hospital Colorado called for collaboration and support to address what they say has been an "unprecedented" number of attempted suicides and other severe mental health issues among youth.
HHS and the Defense Department will add $27.7 million to an existing $107 million contract to increase the nation's syringe and needle supplies by 75%. The goal is to maximize vaccine doses available to providers.
HHS and the DOD will add $27.7 million to an existing $107 million contract to increase the nation's syringe and needle supplies by 75%. The goal is to maximize vaccine doses available to providers.
President Joe Biden asked U.S. intelligence officials to "redouble" their efforts to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the unlikely possibility that they lead to a Chinese lab.
An eHealth survey found that 1 in 3 insurers planned to change their benefits, with 9 in 10 of those insurers planning to adjust their telehealth and mental health benefits.