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The for-profit healthcare system is investing in and forming digital collaboration with the new owner.

CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure concurs with the recommendation and says CMS will further review capital payment methodology.

Spending for services and treatment was disproportionately higher for white people than for other racial and ethnic groups, JAMA says.

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield has joined the growing list of healthcare companies requiring its workforce to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
 

Fresenius Medical Care North America and Cigna have expanded their partnership for at least two years to provide members with end-stage renal disease access to more than 2,600 dialysis centers and home dialysis options.

PhRMA called Biden’s push “misguided” and says it fails to address an insurance system that shifts the cost of treatments onto patients.

The U.S. Senate passed a $550 billion bipartisan infrastructure bill aimed at shoring up the nation’s roads and bridges, as well as protecting vulnerable communities from wildfires and expanding broadband internet access.
The bill will now move to the …

Health insurance giant Aetna voluntarily dismissed its overbilling lawsuit against medical group Mednax on July 14, ending the legal process it initiated in 2018.
The suit alleged that Mednax, based in Sunrise, Florida, racked up more than $50 million …

Unpaid healthcare bills are one of the largest sources of debt for Americans, reaching $140 billion last year, nearly double the amount previously thought.
This was the conclusion of a study published Tuesday in JAMA, in which researchers examined 10% …

Outpatient medical care center operator DaVita and its former CEO, Kent Thiry, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Denver on charges of conspiring with competing employers in no-poach agreements, according to the Department of Justice.