Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is the latest Democratic governor to lay out an ambitious agenda to make healthcare more affordable to consumers, creating the Office of Saving People Money on Health Care.
Category: Modern Healthcare
Federal government to re-open temporarily with funding for FDA, IHS
President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats reached a temporary deal to reopen the federal government for three weeks, restarting funding for several agencies including the FDA and Indian Health Service. The Senate will vote Friday night.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock, GraniteOne sign letter of intent to combine
The combination would create an eight-hospital not-for-profit system based in New Hampshire. Dartmouth and GraniteOne’s largest hospital, Catholic Medical Center, tried to merge in 2009.
Healthcare providers have role in helping human trafficking victims
New York healthcare providers are working together to better train their staff to help trafficked persons when they seek care.
New lawsuits filed against University Hospitals for fertility clinic tank failure
New lawsuits have been filed against University Hospitals and related organizations almost a year after a storage tank failure at its fertility clinic rendered 4,000 eggs and embryos unviable.
Editorial: Left to their own devices
It’s time for the relevant committees to tackle the regulation and prices of expensive and potentially dangerous medical devices, which are being inserted every day in thousands of patients in America’s hospitals.
Medicaid enrollees last in line when docs accepting new patients
Office-based doctors are accepting new Medicaid patients at a lower rate compared to Medicare and private insurance, according to a new MACPAC study.
Veteran ONC official Cronin transfers to new agency
Kelly Cronin, a pioneer in HHS interoperability strategy through three administrations, is leaving the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology for another HHS agency.
Health insurers, IBM partner on blockchain project
Aetna, Anthem, Health Care Service Corp., PNC Bank and IBM are teaming up to explore how blockchain technology could solve some of healthcare’s big problems.
NQF, Aetna join forces to tackle social determinants
The National Quality Forum and the Aetna Foundation’s initiative will identify best practices that address social determinants of health and reduce health disparities over the next nine months.
