As with previous variants of the COVID-19 virus, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has signaled its intent to actively work with federal partners, international regulators and medical product companies to quickly address any potential impacts of th…
Hospital margins became even thinner in October due primarily to rising labor expenses, which largely offset reductions in high-acuity COVID-19 cases caused by the Delta variant, according to Kaufman Hall’s new November flash report.
A federal judge in Missouri has granted 10 states a preliminary injunction against the Biden Administration’s rule requiring healthcare workers to get vaccinated.
The federal government overstepped its authority because the mandate was not authorized b…
HCA Healthcare has announced plans to build three new acute care hospitals in Florida to help meet the state’s growing need for healthcare services.
The new hospitals include a 90-bed acute care facility in Gainesville, a 60-bed hospital near The Villa…
Tennessee-based TeamHealth Holdings has won a lawsuit against UnitedHealthcare, which alleged the insurer’s shared savings plan encouraged the underpayment or termination of physician contracts. The suit claimed UHC underpaid on 11,000 claims for a tot…
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments today in the case involving 340B payments for hospitals’ outpatient drugs.
Protection against COVID-19 infection following inoculation from the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine begins to gradually wane over time, particularly 90 days after receiving the second dose, strengthening the case for booster shots, according to new findings p…
Looking at new data published on its Medicare Advantage members, major insurer Humana found that those MA patients receiving value-based care had better outcomes overall, along with lower costs and more preventative care.
Chipmaker NVIDIA announced the launch of FLARE (Federated Learning Application Runtime Environment), an open-source software platform offering a common computing foundation designed to improve collaboration on AI model development in healthcare.
Venture capital investment in global healthtech companies is projected to reach $42 billion by the end of the year, according to Silicon Valley Bank’s latest report, “The Future of HealthTech.”
The first three quarters of 2021 closed with what SVB call…
