The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the first-ever home- and community-based services quality measure set to promote consistent quality measurement within and across state Medicaid home and community-based programs.
The measure…
The COVID-19 pandemic has been hard on nonprofit hospitals, and without action to address upward pressure on their expenses, the hardships are likely to continue, according to a market update from Fitch Ratings.
Adding to the hardship on victims and their families, gun violence injuries in the U.S. cost more than $1 billion each year in initial direct medical costs alone, a federal committee has found.
Due to what it called unprecedented net operating losses, Providence, the not-for-profit Catholic health system serving seven states in the western United States, is grouping its existing seven regional senior leadership teams into three divisional tea…
The administration made a push to expand healthcare coverage for young people this week when the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, awarded $49 million to organizations trying to reduce…
Elevance Health, formerly known as Anthem, logged a $1.7 billion profit during the second quarter of this year, and while that’s down almost 8% compared to Q2 2021, revenues for the quarter were up, which the company attributes to increased enrollment….
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America is funding a clinical trial initiative to enhance diversity, which has been an ongoing problem in the development of new drugs.
The initial $10 million grant will fund an 18-month pilot at ten co…
Clover Health has become the latest insurer to expand its Medicare Advantage footprint, and will push into 13 new counties across three states in 2023: Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee.
Subject to approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicai…
Clinicians from states affected by mass shootings convened at a consensus conference last fall to discuss an appropriate response to such events, and have just released a number of recommendations they hope will facilitate a better response to mass sho…
The American Hospital Association is disappointed with the federal government’s 2.7% payment increase for outpatient care, given continued financial challenges.
