Category: Modern Healthcare

FEMA didn’t have the infrastructure in place to share information quickly enough to properly react to hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, according to its after-action report. That left many providers in the dark as they tried to recover.

The Trump Administration’s effort to reduce drug prices should not include altering or cutting the 340B program as it won’t lead to lower drug costs, hospitals are telling HHS.

A new survey of hospital executives found inpatient utilization increased 0.7% in the second quarter of 2018, down from 1% at the same time in 2017. Patients continue to flock to cheaper outpatient settings for services.

AHIP’s four new members focus on Medicaid managed care and Medicare Advantage portfolios. They have joined the trade group as the industry faces bullish prospects for government business.

To help meet the growing demand for genetics services amid a national shortage of genetic providers, some health systems in Northeast Ohio have turned to telemedicine.

Arkansas’ requirement took effect last month. Participants in the program lose coverage if they don’t meet the work requirement for three months in a calendar year.

As we hunker down for months of culture wars over abortion, here’s a question worth pondering: Wouldn’t it be nice if the governing party in Washington cared as much about the well-being of children and their mothers during and after birth as they…

The massive physician payment rule continues a trend of exempting a large number of doctors from MIPS.

Cerner isn’t the only EHR vendor looking to expand its reach as the industry continues to talk about the move to value.

Andrea Walsh took over as CEO in June 2017. It’s been mostly smooth sailing for Walsh, but an easy start shouldn’t be surprising given Walsh’s 23-year tenure at HealthPartners, most recently as executive vice president and chief marketing officer.