The World Health Organization has declared the new COVID-19 variant Omicron a “Variant of Concern.”
The WHO Technical Advisory Group on SARS-CoV-2 Virus Evolution convened on Friday to assess the variant that was first reported to WHO from South Afric…
Insurer Humana and nonprofit healthcare system Allina Health are expanding their existing agreement to focus on value-based care for Humana’s Medicare Advantage members in Minnesota, the organizations said this week.
The multiyear agreement, which take…
Labor shortages and supply chain challenges are a rising threat to profit margins for U.S. healthcare and pharmaceutical companies, according to a new report from Fitch Ratings.
The average amount is $170,700, with payments ranging from $500 to $43 million.
The American Society of Anesthesiologists has accused BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina of abusing new federal law designed to protect patients from out-of-network bills.
The Biden Administration, through the Department of Health and Human Services, has awarded a historically high number of health workforce loan repayment and scholarship programs due to a new $1.5 billion investment, including $1 billion in supplemental…
Millions of Americans with private health insurance experience some kind of surprise medical billing, according to a new government report released less than six weeks before the No Surprises Act goes into effect.
Medicare Advantage plans offering at least one newly-expanded supplemental benefit rose 43% from the 2021 to the ’22 coverage year, finds new analysis from the Better Medicare Alliance.
Nursing homes acquired by private equity companies saw an increase in emergency room visits and hospitalizations among long-stay residents and an uptick in Medicare costs, according to a new study from Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. The findings…
The House on Friday morning approved President Biden’s $1.7 trillion social spending plan, in a 220 to 213 vote largely along party lines.
“This bill is monumental, it’s historic, it’s transformative, it’s bigger than anything we’ve ever done,” House …
