Jeff Lagasse

Envision Healthcare was awarded more than $91 million by an independent arbitration panel on March 30, in its arbitration against UnitedHealthcare for underpayment of essential medical care, the company revealed this week.
In addition to the award, the…

While private motor vehicles are the primary form of transportation in the U.S., many people – including those in urban areas, Black or Hispanic people and those with low incomes – rely on public transportation.

The Blue Cross Blue Shield outfits in Michigan and Vermont have reached an agreement to affiliate and work together across each respective company, the organizations revealed this week.
Through their combined forces, the companies said the affiliation …

CHICAGO – Patient care in the intensive care unit generates huge volumes of complex data. This influx of data can be a lot to handle, overwhelming staff who are trying to aggregate and summarize pertinent information. University of Virginia Health Medi…

CHICAGO – Quantum computing reached a milestone in 2022 when a 400-plus qubit machine was demonstrated at a time when experts were questioning the feasibility of even a 100 qubit system. The question is no longer whether quantum computing will speed up…

CHICAGO – Quantum computing reached a milestone in 2022 when a 400-plus qubit machine was demonstrated at a time when experts were questioning the feasibility of even a 100 qubit system. The question is no longer whether quantum computing will speed up…

CHICAGO – Healthcare these days is being constantly flooded with new digital products and services, and while many are necessary and/or beneficial, they come with the addition of significant risk. Organizations are continuing to increase their cybersec…

CHICAGO – Telehealth adoption continues to increase, boosted in part by the COVID-19 pandemic, which put a spotlight on remote care technologies. But most of the focus this far has been on outpatient telehealth. As Stanford Health Care can attest, inpa…

The Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization introduced a significant amount of confusion into the healthcare industry. The decision, which effectively overturned Roe v. Wade and left it up to states to determine their r…

CHICAGO – Interoperability is frequently touted as a means of ensuring the exchange of important health information between healthcare entities, but it turns out that achieving this long sought-after goal may also be a means of advancing health equity,…