Americans have deemed nurses to be the most honest and ethical professionals in the country for the 20th straight year according to a new Gallup poll. And while the numbers aren’t quite as strong as in the previous year, when respect for healthcare wor…
The Supreme Court was split in two rulings handed up Thursday over federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
The Justices ruled against the Biden Administration’s mandate that employees of large companies either get vaccinated or get tested weekly. They uphel…
Clover Health’s Medicare Advantage enrollment for 2022 has beaten expectations, increasing 25% over the previous year, according to the insurer.
This outpaces the overall industry growth average of about 10% year-over-year. Clover began the year alread…
Today, in response to a rise in COVID-19 infections spurred by the Omicron and Delta variants, President Joe Biden announced an expansion of federal hospital response efforts, with an additional six medical teams, comprising more than 120 medical perso…
The Omicron and Delta variants have caused COVID-19 case counts to surge once again, prompting the American Hospital Association to press the federal government on extending the emergency declarations that had been set to expire soon.
Reaction is mixed to the proposal by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to limit Medicare beneficiaries’ access to monoclonal antibody treatments that target amyloid for the treatment of Alzheimer’s, to those enrolled in qualifying clinical…
As Brown University and Rhode Island’s two largest nonprofit healthcare systems continue working toward an integrated academic health system, an independent analysis commissioned by Brown concludes that closer integration of health systems, physician p…
More than 13.8 million consumers have signed up for 2022 healthcare coverage through the Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplaces, on HealthCare.gov and state-based marketplaces. Coverage began on January 1.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released a proposed National Coverage Determination decision memorandum to cover Alzheimer’s treatment for people with Medicare, only if they are enrolled in clinical trials.
Newport Beach, California-based Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian will officially end its affiliation with Washington-based Catholic health system Providence on January 31, a move that has the blessing of the California attorney general.
