In 2019, Black women were about 2.5 times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women.

Healthcare stakeholders remain cautiously optimistic that the changes to care delivery made during the pandemic will help them to address a pending 'tsunami' of unmanaged chronic diseases.

Health officials say at least 75% of the population needs to receive a vaccine for the country to achieve herd immunity.

Under 10% of medications covered by Medicare part B and D account for the majority of relative spending, according to a new study by the Kaiser Family Foundation. Legislation aimed at lowering drug costs is expected in Biden's upcoming infrastructure bill.

University of Virginia Health System, which for years has sued thousands of patients annually for unpaid bills, said it will cancel a massive backlog of court judgments and liens resulting from those lawsuits dating to the 1990s.

They can use it to slow the spread of the virus, strengthen vaccine efforts and improve healthcare services and related infrastructure. Applications are due May 14.

Stanford Health Care sued Anthem, alleging the insurer's failure to pay nearly $2 million owed under a national, reciprocal claims network violates an implied contract.

Top brass at Health Care Service Corp. got big raises last year, as health insurers emerged largely unscathed from the economic fallout of the pandemic.

2021's first quarter represents the largest funding quarter to date for the digital health sector since 2010, according to a new analysis.

Tribal health organizations had flexibility in deciding how best to distribute vaccine allocations they received from the federal Indian Health Service. And they played a significant role in Alaska's overall vaccine rollout, sharing doses with outside communities and in some cases expanding eligibility faster than the state.

A growing number of labor unions and companies are securing shots for their employees as eligibility widens. Some large companies such as Amazon are offering workplace vaccinations through licensed healthcare providers, while smaller outfits are booking appointments for workers at outside locations.

For years, healthcare providers have worked with schools and districts in various ways to care for students. Reaching children at school made sense. Until the pandemic sent them home.

Public health officials who have juggled bare-bones budgets for years are happy to have the additional money. Yet they worry it will soon dry up as the pandemic recedes, leaving the country unprepared for future crises.

ONC has emphasized the role APIs could play in launching a new market of apps in healthcare. But some providers, like those in the post-acute and long-term care settings, may not be using software that's required to make such tools available under the agency's long-awaited interoperability rule.

Kevin Shimamoto, vice president and chief information officer at Valley Children’s Healthcare in Madera, Calif., talks about the opportunities and challenges of doing a virtual go-live for a new electronic health record system during the pandemic.

Dr. David Brailer was appointed by President George W. Bush as the nation’s first head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology after developing one of the country’s first-ever health information exchanges.

Audrey Andrews has served in the role since 2013. Tenet's chief administrative officer, Tom Arnst, will take on the role of general counsel in addition to his existing duties.

This is University Hospitals' largest addition to date, bringing multiple hospitals and ambulatory centers and more than 3,000 caregivers and 600 physicians under its umbrella.

There's revenue and potentially better outcomes to gain when a hospital fills patient prescriptions at their own in-house specialty pharmacy. But most patients are now covered by insurers who have vertically integrated a specialty pharmacy as subsidiaries.

Emergency doctors and nurses in Michigan are seeing a massive increase in patients seeking care in hospital EDs, a mixture of ailments not seen before in previous COVID-19 surges.

Providers say creating work cultures that encourage frank conversations on controversial issues begins and ends with employees knowing that their input is valued.

The pandemic transformed the perception of HIEs and fostered an appreciation of their value, spotlighting the importance of sharing population-level data quickly, with HIEs across the country crunching data to answer hospital capacity questions, predict the virus’ spread and, now, determine vaccine allocation and eligibility.

As members of Congress decide how to expand access to telehealth after the pandemic, one of the biggest questions has centered around how much Medicare providers should be paid for virtual care.

CMS said the Trump administration should not have approved its more than $100 billion request without going through the usual notice and comment period.

It's no secret that many Americans are frustrated by rising healthcare costs, with 8 in 10 saying it's very important that Congress work on lowering prescription drug costs.

The winter storm that paralyzed much of Texas in mid-February amplified the need for disaster preparedness, especially for dialysis centers. And it's caught the attention of lawmakers nationwide.

Telehealth makes it easier for some patients with disabilities to access healthcare, bypassing common issues with transportation or lack of accommodations in facilities, but digital accessibility challenges remain.

The COVID-19 pandemic has put stress on the entire delivery system, including workforce relationships. But a teamwork model created by the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center aims to improve clinical care and the effectiveness of staff even during uncertain times.

We are better equipped to serve our members when we can ask the right questions and listen to their answers without preconceived ideas—when we have a degree of empathy.

The lack of a national strategy for patient identification has left the U.S. healthcare system with a patchwork of solutions based on proprietary numbering systems and matching algorithms that are costly and prone to errors.

Stockpiling, government subsidies, pent-up elective procedure demand and bolstered infection-prevention protocols are expected to boost medical suppliers' balance sheets.

Healthcare information technology and the power of providers, payers and government agencies sharing and analyzing data can illuminate the path to better care and improve outcomes for all.