The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has approved California, Florida, Kentucky and Oregon to expand Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage to up to one year postpartum – bringing the total number of states expanding postpa…
The New York Attorney General has filed suit against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, claiming the latter mishandled pensions for retirees of St. Clare’s Hospital, thereby allegedly dodging its financial and legal responsibilities.
Geisinger has announced that it has chosen Amazon Web Services as its strategic cloud provider.
The decision comes after a detailed multi-year review and selection process that identified transitioning to AWS will help save the health system several m…
Almost half of respondents to a new survey, 44%, say they have avoided getting healthcare services because they were unsure of the costs.
A survey by AHIP and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association shows The No Surprises Act, which was passed with the intent of preventing surprise medical bills, has lived up to that goal by preventing more than 2 million surprise medical bills across all…
After a nationwide search, Dr. Christina Harris has been named Cedars-Sinai’s VP and chief health equity officer.
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation this week increasing the monetary awards given to patients in medical malpractice cases in the state. Newsome touted the legislation as the first substantive change to California’s medical malpractice…
With a projected shortage of nearly 140,000 physicians by 2033, and a shortage of 3 million lower-wage healthcare workers in the next five years, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has sounded the alarm on the country’s ongoing healthcare burnout cr…
Monkeypox has been reported among five men in four states: Massachusetts, New York City, Florida and Utah, which has reported two individuals infected.
All of the cases reported in the United States involve recent travel outside of the United States. I…
In 2020, fewer than 3% of venture capital funding went to companies with Black or Latinx founders, according to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts.
In an attempt to address these disparities, the insurer has launched a Health Equity Business Acce…
