Population Health
There are perhaps 250 to 300 patient advocates for hire in the United States, one professional association estimates. They can help decipher complex information and guide patients and loved ones.
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, one of the biggest and well-known facilities of its kind in the world, and VPS, a fast-growing integrated healthcare provider in the Middle East, Europe and India officially unveiled their strategic alliance Wednesday, according to joint statement.
So-called "skinny plans" aren't allowed, but insurance administrators and many cost-conscious employers are purporting to meet the rules with a new version that excludes another major category: outpatient surgery.
Open enrollment for week 11 ended with close to 400,000 consumers signing up for healthcare coverage, a number four times greater than the week before, according to figures from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
The New York Genome Center, a nonprofit focusing on biomedical research and clinical care, could be $100 million richer thanks to a challenge grant from the Simons Foundation and The Carson Family Charitable Trust.
When patients need an air ambulance, the first priority is getting them the care they need as fast as possible. So, patients don't always know who is going to pick them up or if the ambulance is an in-network provider.
Hospitals are acting on the notion that keeping violent injury from recurring will ultimately reduce their expenses and improve people's long-term health.
431 hospitals have been recognized by the Women's Choice Award company as the Best In Obstetrics for 2016, the company announced Tuesday in a statement.
Minnesota Community Healthcare Network, made up of an alliance between Canvas Health, Guild Incorporated, Mental Health Resource, RESOURCE, INC. and Touchstone Mental Health, announced today it has joined with RelayHealth to establish interoperability amongst its campuses.
As the third open enrollment period winds down on the health insurance marketplaces, one thing hasn't changed much since the online exchanges opened: It's still often hard to find out whether a plan covers abortion services.