Roadblocks remain, with few detailed road maps for those looking to develop a sustainable telehealth strategy.
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Existing technologies paved the way for mass vaccination efforts
For Arizona’s HonorHealth, distributing the COVID-19 vaccine was more about using what already existed.
Existing technologies paved the way for mass vaccination efforts
Vaccine enthusiasm may have waned in recent months, with vaccine hesitancy prevalent among those who are reluctant to get their COVID-19 shots.
AHA launches video campaign encouraging unvaccinated providers to get vaccinated
Despite having more than half of the population fully vaccinated, CDC data shows that COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths are on the rise.
Do-not-resuscitate orders linked to increased death rates, study finds
Do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders, meant to reduce needless suffering, often lead to increased death rates, worse medical care and negative health outcomes, according to a study by e7Health.
Cigna expands ACA marketplace plans to more states
Major health insurer Cigna said this week it will expand its presence on the Affordable Care Act’s exchanges, pushing into markets in three new states for the 2022 plan year.
Statistics show large pandemics are more likely than previously thought
The COVID-19 pandemic may be the deadliest viral outbreak the world has seen in more than a century. But statistically, such extreme events aren’t as rare as we may think, according to a new analysis of novel disease outbreaks over the past 400 years.
BCBS teams with Cityblock Health on primary care for Medicaid and MA members
Five clinics serving Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) members are partnering with Cityblock Health, a healthcare provider for Medicaid and lower-income Medicare beneficiaries, in an effort to support Medicaid managed care in…
Hospitals get shut down in Medicare outlier payment case, again
A federal appeals court rejected the group’s latest attempt to get higher reimbursements for the outlier payments they received from 2008 to 2011.
House advances reconciliation bills aimed at expanding Medicaid reproductive care coverage
The resolution unlocks the reconciliation process, by which Congress can expand Medicaid to an estimated four million more people.
