Quality and Safety

Half of large employers offering retiree health benefits offer coverage to at least some retirees through a contract with an MA plan.

Optum Labs is providing funding in 2022-'23, which will drive research in precision behavioral health, among other areas of focus.

The readmission reductions may be due mostly to changes in how patient visits are being classified, JAMA analysis shows.

Clinicians have faced new sources of stress since the pandemic, including fear of the virus and the inability to modulate workload, JAMA says.

Spiking cases of RSV among children are at a critical juncture but will hopefully decline from their peak soon, Dr. Anthony Fauci says.

Lawmakers say the final rule implementing the law favors insurers and should be changed to reflect provider concerns.

<p>Teams performing clinical care can monitor installed heart pumps from their devices, and can improve family and patient communications, according to Dawn Bardot, Abiomed's senior director global services.</p>

<p>Dr. Colin Banas, CMO at DrFirst, explains that precise medication history data and data scaled to certain populations can improve outcomes.</p>

The companies touted that price as being significantly lower than prescription hearing aids available through traditional channels.

Millions are projected to be at risk of losing Medicaid after the PHE ends, because of the end of continuous open enrollment coverage.