Beth Jones Sanborn
The prices hospitals negotiate with private insurers vary considerably across geographies, according to a new study by the Health Care Pricing Project, driving huge variations in health care spending for the privately insured.
Since Nov. 1, more than four million have selected plans.
Capital Blue Cross will provide a second round of funding to help put a life-saving overdose antidote into the hands of Pennsylvania police officers by donating $100,000 to help local and campus police departments purchase Naloxone.
When it comes to digital health funding, 2015 matched the record-breaking numbers of 2014 with more than $4.3 billion flowing into the industry, according to a Year in Review Report from Rock Health, a venture fund dedicated to backing digital health initiatives.
A new study by the Taylor and Francis Group shows 14 percent of Muslim physicians are experiencing discrimination, and the results also show the discrimination was more rampant among respondents for whom their Muslim faith was paramount.
The owner of an Illinois home healthcare company is facing conspiracy and fraud charges after being indicted in an alleged kickback scheme that defrauded Medicare for at least $450,000.
Six groups who represent a wide swath of biologic-prescribing physicians are urging Congress to press the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to make unique codes for biosimilar medicines for billing and payment purposes.
The Miami owner of eight pharmacies will spend nine years in prison, the Department of Justice announced this week, for is part in a healthcare fraud that saw him spending the money he scammed on luxury cars for himself and his family.
Don Berwick, former administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and president emeritus of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement will join the board of the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission, state Attorney General Maura Healey announced this week.
Technology and connectivity will continue its steady infiltration of the healthcare landscape, branding and trust take priority over convenience, and the advancement and integration of connected health technologies will hinge on cybersecurity in 2016, PwC said.