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By Jeff Lagasse | 03:41 pm | December 11, 2017
Even though high-deductible insurance options could save patients thousands of dollars every year, most people are not shopping around for better prices when it comes to low value services.
By Bill Siwicki | 03:36 pm | December 11, 2017
Access to NewYork-Presbyterian emergency physicians is now available through Walgreens' in-store medical kiosks like CVS has done with Cleveland Clinic.
By Jeff Lagasse | 01:04 pm | December 11, 2017
Patients, clinicians and even visitors all find alarms, alerts, beeps and loudspeaker pages make hospitals stays more exasperating.
By Susan Morse | 12:46 pm | December 11, 2017
Ascension, among the nation's largest nonprofit health systems, and Providence St. Joseph Health are considering a merger that would create the largest health system in the U.S., according to reports that came out over the weekend.
By Jeff Lagasse | 04:46 pm | December 08, 2017
Cotton Medical Center won the award for "Best Renovated or Repurposed Healthcare Facility."
By Jeff Lagasse | 04:28 pm | December 08, 2017
While 3-D mammography screening are FDA-approved, only about half of the National Cancer Institute's Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium participants offer the service.
By Susan Morse | 03:41 pm | December 08, 2017
Last week, the ratings service downgraded the outlook for non-profit hospitals to negative.
By Susan Morse | 01:37 pm | December 08, 2017
Cigna sent out letter to beneficiaries stating an end to in-network coverage for Northwell in New York.
By Jeff Lagasse | 12:37 pm | December 08, 2017
When Franciscan Health assembled a team of executives and clinicians to assess physician performance, they found big opportunities disguised as problems.
By Susan Morse | 11:41 am | December 08, 2017
Providers, insurers are among those closely watching for signs of online giant getting into pharmaceutical business.