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.
