Category: decisionmaker

North Carolina Restricts Gender-Affirming Care After Overriding Governor’s Veto—Here Are All The States With Similar Bans Or Restrictions

The state joins more than a dozen others with legislation targeting transgender healthcare this year.

Banning Healthcare Facility Fees Is Bad News For Colorado

Banning facility fees may seem like a straightforward way to reduce patients’ medical bills. But it will do so by killing off clinics—and thereby curtailing patient access to care.

‘Houston, We Have A Problem’: Abandoning Their Mission, Nonprofit Hospitals Have Veered Far Off Course

Nonprofit hospitals account for almost 60% of all hospitals in the U.S., and are granted certain federal, state and local tax exemptions. Despite these lucrative tax breaks, data and other in-depth reporting reporting show that many of these nonprofits…

The ‘Techquity’ Imperative: How Technology And Platforms Can Help Improve Health Equity

“Techquity” is the idea that healthcare technology can either be a barrier or conduit to more accessible, equitable care, depending on its purpose and design.

CVS To Close Signify Health Deal, Launching A National In-Home Care Business

CVS Health said it will close its $8 billion acquisition of Signify Health, bringing the drugstore giant in-home medical services from a national network of clinicians.

The Biden Budget’s Medicare Mirage

Biden’s policy wishlist would only make 40% of Medicare solvent for one third of its standard projection period — that’s a clear sign more options need to be on the table.

Dolly Parton’s Childhood Doctor Received A Sack Of Cornmeal And A Song

Dr. Robert F. Thomas helped the Partons and countless other families in rural Tennessee. However, locals still struggle with high rates of maternal mortality and other health disparities.

15 Million Could Lose Medicaid Coverage As Pandemic-Era Enrollment Unwinds

About 15 million Americans could lose Medicaid health insurance coverage as states unwind the “continuous coverage requirement” implemented at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kaiser Family Foundation says.

Physicians Say Health Insurer Prior Authorization Is Rising And So Are Care Delays

The American Medical Association says increasing prior authorization by health plans can lead to “to unnecessary waste and avoidable patient harm.”

Walgreens’ CEO Told Forbes That Listening Is Important. Then The Abortion Pill Saga Erupted

Interviewed by Forbes’ Moira Forbes at the 2021 Forbes Power Women Summit, Walgreens CEO Roz Brewer emphasized the need for leaders to have “a strong sense of empathy, listening skills.” Now as Brewer faces the abortion pill controversy, some wonder wh…