Category: Healthcare Finance News

Biden names California AG Xavier Becerra as secretary of Health and Human Services

If confirmed, Becerra will be the first Latino to lead the department.

Practitioners warn the measure will jeopardize access to lifesaving care for individuals experiencing strokes and aneurysms.

United’s Medicare Advantage members will be invited to volunteer through United in Research, a UHG virtual tech platform.

That brings the total number of enrollees to 2.9 million, a slight jump over last year but with more days to sign up over 2019.

A new requirement for the nation’s 6,200 hospitals and critical access hospitals is to report their inventory of therapeutics to treat COVID-19.

While many have survived in part by offering remote services, more is needed to keep patients engaged and comfortable with virtual care.

The model is part of CMMI’s suite of direct contracting models and offers incentives to improve care across geographic regions.

There should be enough of the vaccine for every American who wants it, by spring, HHS Secretary Alex Azar says.

Having the algorithms is the only way to deal with overwhelming amounts of data and a huge influx of COVID-19 patients, says Adam Myers.

Healthcare workers are becoming frustrated, anxious, overwhelmed, burned out and worried about exposing their loved ones to the disease.