Amazon’s most recent healthcare initiative is focused on price transparency and tiers pricing for healthcare services based on convenience and quality, according to Forbes.
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Health systems get serious about value-based care
Health system executive teams are in a bind as expenses rise faster than reimbursement rates, and margins are expected to stay slim for the next few years. With few options to mitigate costs and avoid cutting services, layoffs or worse, hospitals and h…
Redeemer Health gets rating downgrade, looking for partner
Meadowbrook, Pa.-based Redeemer Health saw its credit rating downgraded to “BB” by S&P Global, according to an Aug. 18 Philadelphia Inquirer report.
UChicago Medicine AdventHealth hospital to end obstetrics services
UChicago Medicine AdventHealth GlenOaks hospital in Glendale Heights, Ill., plans to discontinue its obstetrics services because of low demand and community factors including the higher median age in Glendale Heights.
What 3 revenue cycle VPs are excited about right now
Automation, machine learning and generative AI are among the things three Healthcare Financial Management Association MAP-award-winning revenue cycle leaders told Becker’s they are most excited about right now.
COVID-19 immunity may be 'leaky' in high-exposure settings
Immunity protection from vaccination or prior infection may be “leaky” or less effective in crowded settings where people are exposed to high levels of the virus that causes COVID-19, new research has found.
Nutex acquisition adds 112 primary care physicians
Houston-based Nutex Health, a micro-hospital network, has acquired Population Health Associates and Managed Care Insurance Consultants, two independent practice associations headquartered in Coral Gables, Fla.
Healthcare 3rd best sector for investment returns, study shows
Investment returns on healthcare stocks average 13.4 percent, making the sector the third best performing behind IT and consumer discretionary, according to a study from Journo Research.
The demographic with the fastest-growing early-onset cancer rates
A study found early-onset cancers are increasing in people under 50, and some cancers are more common than others.
The demographic with the fastest-growing early-onset cancer rates
A study found early-onset cancers are increasing in people under 50, and some cancers are more common than others.
