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Amazon, CVS and Thermo Fisher Scientific unite to expand COVID-19 testing
The alliance plans to serve as a resource for public officials and businesses that want to launch or expand testing programs in their communities.
CMS finalizes rule to promote value-based drug purchasing agreements
Negotiations of drug prices are to be based on clinical outcomes; if the drug is not effective, the payer is not held accountable for the full price.
Hospital margins continue to fall amid rising expenses
Inpatient length of stay went up 8.7% year-over-year but ER visits fell 15.5% and operating room minutes declined 12.2%.
Tenet Healthcare to sell its urgent care locations to FastMed Urgent Care
With the agreement, FastMed will add 87 CareSpot and MedPost centers to their 104 locations in North Carolina, Arizona and Texas.
CMS creates direct contracting model to serve individuals dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid
The new opportunity will test how financial risk-sharing can reduce Medicare expenditures while preserving the quality of care for beneficiaries.
HHS will provide additional COVID-19 tests to states and vulnerable populations in 2021
HHS is allocating an additional 30 million Abbott BinaxNOW tests for vulnerable groups such as nursing homes, HBCUs, tribes and more.
UPMC offers emergency medical training program in underserved communities
Inspired by the Freedom House ambulance project, it is designed to offer employment where the pandemic created or furthered economic disparities.
AHA asks Biden to extend public health emergency and ability to retain relief funds
Riverside Health System calls 2020 one of its most improved revenue cycle years to date
The system made no furloughs as a result of COVID-19, was able to give out bonuses and raises, and is on track to meet its financial baseline.
RWJBarnabas launches initiative to address systemic racism
The initiative was born out of a realization that the health system needed to do more to improve outcomes and eliminate health disparities.
