In an unanimous bipartisan vote on Thursday, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions held Steward Health CEO Dr. Ralph de la Torres in civil and criminal contempt for his failure to comply with a subpoena to appear before the comm…
The Health Resources and Services Administration, an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, has announced nearly $100 million in awards to grow the national healthcare workforce and improve access in high-need areas.
Interoperability has been a longstanding goal for healthcare: The promise of being able to exchange data seamlessly between health information networks has been a goal the industry has been working toward for years, and now payers and healthcare organi…
The Health Resources & Services Administration has sent a letter to Johnson & Johnson warning the company of the consequences if it proceeds with its planned 340B rebate proposal.
Express Scripts by Evernorth, a Cigna company, is suing the Federal Trade Commission, demanding that it retract a July report on the pharmacy benefit manager industry.
Cigna Healthcare, the health benefits division of The Cigna Group, has launched an E-Treatment option through MDLIVE by Evernorth
Beginning this month, Cigna members can connect for urgent care from board-certified doctors without any direct interactio…
Community Health Systems’ subsidiary Northwest Urgent Care will acquire 10 Arizona urgent care centers from Carbon Health.
Northwest Urgent Care in Tucson, Arizona, is part of Northwest Healthcare’s integrated healthcare network serving Tucson and surr…
After increasing by more than 400% between 2015 and 2023, federal spending on Medicare Advantage bonus payments will decline by $1 billion to $11.8 billion in 2024 – an 8% decline – following the expiration of pandemic-era policies that temporarily inc…
The Senate Help, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee is scheduled to meet in an executive session on Thursday at 10 a.m., on a Contempt Resolution against Steward Health CEO Dr. Ralph de la Torre.
In June, telehealth utilization increased nationally and in the West, Northeast and South, but decreased in the Midwest, according to FAIR Health’s Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker.
