The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration, is earmarking roughly $90 million in American Rescue Plan funds to reduce health disparities through new data-driven efforts for HRSA Health Cen…
On Wednesday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services outlined a multi-pronged action plan geared toward promoting health equity, which will be enacted throughout the agency and will focus on access, outcomes and outreach to better serve margina…
The Department of Justice has filed an appeal of a judge’s order that overruled a Centers of Disease Control and Prevention requirement for mask wearing on airplanes and other public transit.
The Justice Department filed the notice of appeal Wednesday …
Virginia Hospital Medical Center, a community-based hospital system headquartered in Arlington, is kicking off rebranding efforts and will now be known as VHC Health, joining other organizations that have rebranded in an effort to retain or attract new…
Evernorth, Cigna Corporation’s health services business, and integrated health system Kaiser Permanente are entering into a five-year collaboration for health benefit access and specialty pharmacy services.
Initially, the agreement will focus on two ma…
The American Hospital Association is “extremely concerned” that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is proposing only a 3.2% payment update for general acute care hospitals in 2023, said Executive Vice President Stacey Hughes.
Behavioral health has grabbed a bigger share of the spotlight during the COVID-19 pandemic, in part because the emergence of remote care technologies such as telehealth that have made it easier, and somewhat less stigmatizing, to seek care for mental h…
Kaiser Permanente is joining the ranks of healthcare organizations making investments in affordable housing, pledging $400 million toward economic development and housing. This doubles the nonprofit organization’s financial commitment to its Thriving C…
General acute care hospitals are projected to get a 3.2% increase in operating payment rates under the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System proposed rule released Monday
Tests for COVID-19 have become all too common during the pandemic, and usually rely on a nasal swab to detect the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes the illness. The Food and Drug Administration however, has just granted emergency use autho…
