Policymakers should temporarily continue some of the telehealth flexibilities allowed during the public health emergency for a limited time to gather more evidence about the impact of telehealth on care access, quality and program spending, the Medicar…
Medicare is now paying higher reimbursement rates for hospitals, physicians, pharmacies and others to administer the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Though there appears to be a dim light at the end of the pandemic tunnel, much remains uncertain — everything from the timing of school reopenings to the nature and business of the healthcare industry. Part of that uncertainty revolves around fraud li…
Health insurer Humana announced a new brand this week, CenterWell, which encompasses and connects a range of the company’s payer-agnostic healthcare services offerings. The first Humana-owned care services to adopt the new brand will be its senior-focu…
Brookdale Senior Living allegedly submitted false staffing information that led to “undeserved higher star ratings.”
Documentation burden is a common problem with modern electronic health record systems. EHRs have been linked to many benefits, from improving care quality and reducing prescription errors to facilitating biomedical research. But documentation burden is…
A long-term look at Medicare patients shows that Black patients who have an ischemic stroke (blocked blood flow to the brain) die at a higher rate than white patients, even after accounting for preexisting health conditions, according to preliminary re…
Trinity’s cost-saving measures, its investment returns and funds from the Provider Relief Fund helped the health system regain its financial footing.
