A little more than a week after Omicron was first detected in the United States and two years after the first coronavirus case was reported in China, 21 states have confirmed cases of the new COVID-19 variant.
This variant may be less severe, according…
In a new analysis in the December issue of Health Affairs, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health scientists propose four solutions states could implement to improve Medicaid eligibility for seniors, particularly for Medicare enrolle…
Medicare spending on physician services totaled $82.9 billion in 2020, down from $95 billion the year prior, data shows.
Three Cleveland area hospital systems – Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals and MetroHealth – will be postponing some surgeries due to a spike of COVID-19 cases in the area, turning the clock back to the height of the pandemic when many facilities p…
Unhappy about a federal court decision that put the brakes on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ national vaccine mandate for healthcare workers, the Department of Health and Human Services has filed an appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals …
Telehealth utilization increased 63-fold during the pandemic, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Behavioral health providers saw the highest telehealth utilization in a 32-fold increase, HHS said.
Clover Health’s Andrew Toy on what it will take to innovate health insurance
Starting next month, health plans will cover at-home tests for the 150 million Americans with private health insurance, President Biden says.
Backed by Northwell Ventures, the Playback Health mobile platform gives patients a replay of their care instructions.
As part of efforts to accelerate a digital-centric strategy, CVS Health is teaming with Microsoft and will be tapping into its cloud computing and artificial intelligence technologies, the company announced this week.
