Telehealth has proved popular amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but providers still may not know the long-term outcomes of that delivery method, experts said at a House subcommittee hearing.
The not-for-profit mutual health insurer reported $120 million in operating income last year, the lowest amount in four years, compared with $248 million in 2019.
Proposed legislation would continue using Medicaid funds to place recipients on private health insurance. But, under the proposal, those who don't work or go to school could be moved to the traditional fee-for-service Medicaid program. More than 300,000 people are currently on the state's Medicaid expansion.
March and April were the most challenging and caught the entire health system off-guard, said Dr. Mitchell Katz, president and CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals, the city’s public health system. “But the city had done very well considering it didn’t have much of the necessary resources,” he said.
The announcement comes as the White House looks to speed the production of the single-dose vaccine and accelerate the nation's plans to vaccinate nearly all adult Americans in the coming months.
The center brings together nationally and internationally recognized researchers to focus on more than curing one of the most feared diseases. It also will work to end racial, ethnic, social and economic inequities that affect cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Democrats sorted through lingering disagreements over emergency jobless benefits and other issues, preparing to commence Senate debate on a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan that would deliver a major victory to President Joe Biden.
One in ten rural Medicare Advantage members switched to fee-for-service Medicare, while just 5% of urbanites switched from the public-private relationship to the government program.
Medicare Advantage insurers are increasingly worried about how their ability to capture individuals' risk scores will impact their profits in the coming years.
After freezing Trump-era regulations, President Joe Biden is starting to devise his own healthcare agenda. What regulations will take priority in the early days?
Regional health systems are working together more than ever to combat COVID-19, and are hopeful the collaborative spirit will endure, if regulators allow it.
The winter storms that swept through much of the country in mid-February caused a significant disruption in COVID-19 vaccination efforts. The Houston Methodist system was in the thick of it all, contending with everything from crowded emergency departments to quickly standing up a vaccination event to assist the county health department.
Shifting to an age-based priority system—after health workers, nursing home patients and people 65 and up have been offered vaccines—has frustrated people with health conditions such as cancer or diabetes who thought they would be next in line.
Clinical measures adopted to address COVID patients have staying power beyond the pandemic.
The University of Pennsylvania Health System said that its Chester County Hospital ran a "lottery system" for family members of employees who otherwise met the state's eligibility requirements.
This list includes data points on rank, facility name, location, ownership type, net patient revenue and total acute-care beds.
Alicia Wilson, vice president for economic development at Johns Hopkins University Medicine, talks about keeping this principle in mind during her career: “If I did right by my community, it would do right by me.”
The debate over the minimum wage could not come at a more pivotal time, as the pandemic revealed endless evidence of the country’s wealth gap.
Across the U.S., 174 rural hospitals have closed since 2005, and 47% of all rural hospitals have a negative operating margin. Yet, reason for optimism has emerged.
