Optum and Change Healthcare announced in January their intent to merge, uniting two of the nation’s largest technology and service companies, but the move has now received pushback from the American Hospital Association, which said the proposed deal ra…
Livongo founder Glen Tullman is the new CEO of Transcarent, a company that is looking to overhaul the employer-sponsored insurance business by creating a digital platform “overlay” to existing plans.
Tullman isn’t looking to replace traditional insuran…
Acting Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel circulated a proposal this week that, if adopted, would establish round 2 of the COVID-19 Telehealth Program, a $249.95 million dollar federal initiative that builds on the $200 mi…
The bill now moves to the Senate, where it needs 60 votes to pass before the current moratorium ends on March 31.
The most potentially disruptive forces facing hospitals and health systems in the next three years are provider burnout, disengagement and resulting shortages among healthcare professionals, according to a new survey of 551 healthcare executives.
Up until this point, Amazon Care’s app-based services have only been available to the company’s employees in Washington state.
Amazon signaled its intention this week to expand its Amazon Care app-based telehealth services to its employees and to other companies across the U.S. — services that, to date, have only been available to the retail giant’s Washington-based workforce…
The Senate on Thursday narrowly confirmed President Biden’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra.
When Joe Biden became the Democratic Presidential nominee last year, it was assumed that talk of Medicare for All was effectively dead. The concept, popularized by Vermont Senator and former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, would have created a g…
At least 65% of the top 100 largest hospitals were “unambiguously noncompliant” with the rule as of early February.
