In a year when it seemed like everyone was focused on healthcare, fewer Medicare Advantage plan members actively managed their care.
According to the J.D. Power 2021 U.S. Medicare Advantage Study, although overall customer satisfaction with Medicare A…
Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic was never going to be an easy proposition for the healthcare industry, but efforts to bounce back are complicated by an ongoing shortage of physicians, which is poised to worsen over the next decade-plus.
Institutions of higher education play a key role in addressing disparities caused by nursing shortages, according to Anne Heyen, an assistant teaching professor in the MU Sinclair School of Nursing and lead author of a new study looking at shortages in…
Physicians are looking for guidance on telehealth, including updated regulatory and reimbursement policy.
Hospital claim denial rates have hit new highs, with a 20% increase in those rates over the past five years, suggesting that better claims denial management processes are necessary, finds a new survey from research firm Harmony Healthcare.
Drawing from the American Rescue Plan, President Joe Biden’s administration is setting aside more than $3 billion to accelerate the discovery, development and manufacturing of antiviral medicines. The move is part of what the Biden Administration is ca…
ACA’s “improbable rescue” is the “third installment of epic Affordable Care Act trilogy,” says Justice Samuel Alito, writing the minority decision.
A federal court this week denied a request from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to nix a lawsuit from drugmaker AstraZeneca over the 340B drug discount program. The court said HHS’ position that the 340B statute requires drug manufactu…
As part of the American Rescue Plan, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is establishing an $80 million Public Health Informatics and Technology Workforce Development Pr…
The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act in a decision released this morning.
The Republican state plaintiffs, led by Texas, have failed to show they have standing to attack as unconstitutional the ACA’s minimum es…
