Mary Caffrey

Bob Dean, the nursing homes' owner, has previously been cited by state officials for evacuating patients to a facility he owned that proved to be inadequate.

One proposal asks hospitals for input on how to measure vaccination rates among staff with the aim of letting consumers have the information.

The order directs the Justice Department and the FTC to examine guidelines on hospital mergers to ensure that patients are not harmed.

For those who take regular prescriptions for a chronic condition—which many seniors do—the savings at Costco escalated.

For the third time, an increasingly conservative court left intact the law’s protections that require coverage for preexisting conditions, created Medicaid expansion, promote health screenings and preventive care, and launched novel, value-based payment strategies within the agency that manages Medicare and Medicaid.

Survivorship care and symptom management were the best uses of the technology in cancer care, according to survey results presented during this weekend's meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

Humana's 2021 Bold Goal Report, released last week, highlights the importance of health system partnerships.

Survey findings show some health systems have fallen short in meeting cardiologists’ basic needs, with 41% saying they might cut back hours, change jobs or retire due to lack of health system support.

Ogi Kwon, of R1 Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) offers insights on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and the future of price transparency.

The analysis by the Lown Institute measures hospitals based on their performance of 12 services performed over a three-year period.

Ogi Kwon, of R1 Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) outlines issues associated with patient experience that have direct impacts on revenue cycle management.

Ogi Kwon, of R1 Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) describes how revenue cycle processes are interrelated.

AstraZeneca and MGH announced their digital health partnership earlier this month, saying it would allow them to pair a patient app with a clinician dashboard to deploy remote patient monitoring and evidence-based patient care.

The Texas Hospital Association said the unexpected move from CMS brings uncertainty to the state's safety net hospitals.

Ogi Kwon, of R1 Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) speaks on the effectiveness of CMS' price transparency requirements and offers insights into the future of consumerization of health care.

Besides the ability to ramp up quicky, healthcare leaders are looking for systems that can accommodate remote work—and some predict that certain workers who fled offices due to COVID-19 will never return to traditional settings.

Known by different names around the globe, from vaccine passports or green passes, various digital certificates confirm vaccination and negative SARS-CoV-2 test status through “confidential data transfers."

With less than half of the workers having been vaccinated and some suffering long-term effects from the stress of the past year, it’s clear from the survey results that the effects of the pandemic will be with health workers for months or years to come.

Before the CDC guidelines, 45% of the patients were prescribed opioids, but that fell to 34% after the guidelines.

Sentiment among Blacks has shifted markedly since February, with 55% now having had their first shot or being willing to be vaccinated.

Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 are up 10% from the prior week, causing the CDC director to warn of a fourth possible surge.

A West Penn veteran moves to Colorado; Northwell elevates two human resources pros.

The calculation method used in the study accounted for heart failure and a patient’s history of opioid use, and found that that both respiratory depression and length of stay continued to cost.

Hospitals face both operational and financial challenges as the pandemic heads past the 12-month mark, according to a report based on interviews with 320 hospital administrators in 45 states.

Healthy Bottom Line will focus on policy issues for health system decision makers.

Media reports say Loretto Hospital administered COVID-19 vaccines at a suburban church where its CEO is a member. The event happened in early February, when shots were in short supply.

A leading digital marketing firm acquires a market access consultancy and rebrands as a "healthcare innovation" entity.

St. Luke's CEO Doug Lawson, Ph.D., discusses the logistics of his health system's plan to for a large-scale vaccination event in Houston's historic Rice Stadium.

Dr. Mitesh Patel, director of Penn Medicine's Nudge Unit, explains how a field of research rooted in economics is now bringing clinical benefits to patients within a health system.

Lalan Wilfong, MD, who leads value-based care initiatives for the 200-site oncology network, said the rollout of the Navigating Cancer platform has helped reduce incident resolution times 33%.