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St. Joseph Health, Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals are joining forces to enhance and expand neonatal and pediatric services, the organizations announced this week.
Before the industry can cater to what the customer wants, it needs to determine just what that is, according to Anthem's David Poole, speaking at the conference for America's Health Insurance Plans Wednesday.
Digital health company Prime Surgeons will be launching an online network of surgeons to provide patients with access to surgical care on-demand, the group announced this week.
A program that has helped seniors understand the many intricacies of Medicare as well as save them millions of dollars would be eliminated by a budget bill overwhelmingly approved last week by the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee.
The state insurance department doesn't have the authority to thwart the merger on its own, but Jones' recommendation could carry considerable weight in Washington and hinder the companies' efforts to win federal antitrust approval.
In an analysis presented Tuesday, the California Public Retirement System's staff lauded the goal of controlling prescription drug prices, but it warned of possible resistance -- or even retaliation -- by pharmaceutical companies.
The CalPERs staff also noted that implementation of the drug price proposition could unravel the whole purchasing and distribution network the agency has in place.
The Supreme Court handed down a unanimous decision today in the case of Universal Health Services vs. Escobar that could expand the use of the implied certification theory as a basis for liability under the False Claims Act, with some saying it could breed more lawsuits against providers.
Americans with multiple chronic conditions -- not necessarily those with a poor immediate prognosis -- could have the largest impact on national spending, according to a new study published by Health Affairs.
Envision Healthcare Holdings and AMSURG Corp. have announced plans to merge, with the combined organization worth about $10 billion, and with an enterprise value of approximately $15 billion based on Tuesday's closing stock prices for the two groups.
For years policymakers and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid have hypothesized that better integration of healthcare services helps improve outcomes and lower costs. Now there is evidence to back up the claim, CMS officials said in a blog released Thursday.