Optum has announced the launch of a specialty medication management solution called Specialty Fusion, the goal of which is to simplify care for patients with complex conditions and lower the cost of expensive specialty drugs.
With specialty drug costs …
Never underestimate the power of good storytelling.
That’s a philosophy championed by Sara Serriterlla, science communications lecturer and director of ITM communications at the University of Chicago. She said the same elements that can be found in a b…
More than 200 healthcare organizations have asked Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to keep the Global and Professional Direct Contracting Model as some Democrats speak out against the Trump-era Medicare program.
Evernorth, a subsidiary of major insurer Cigna, is teaming with telehealth company Monument in an effort to make it easier for customers to access alcohol use disorder (AUD) treatment through the latter’s virtual platform.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is delaying the release of the hospital star ratings from April until June due to an error in one of the measures.
The Mayo Clinic in Minnesota is no longer scheduling appointments for patients in most Medicare Advantage plans, and has been gradually notifying patients throughout the year, in a move that could have consequences for insurers operating plans in the a…
A group of California lawmakers, led by District 15 Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, have introduced a bill proposing that all businesses in the state mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for their employees.
Kaiser Permanente experienced mixed financial results in 2021, with an increase in net income for the year but steep declines in operating income and operating margin, the company recently revealed.
The healthcare industry has survived, adapted and innovated its way through two years of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This year, the HIMSS22 Global Health Conference & Exhibition is echoing that transformation in its theme, Reimagine Health.
At an American Hospital Association virtual policy briefing last week, hospital and health system leaders told congressional staff about the continued challenges their organizations are facing as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and why additional sup…
