BOWMAN, N.D. — Independent rural hospitals are increasingly forming collaborative groups to share resources and combine bargaining power with the goal of saving money and improving patient care. The networks, which have cropped up in several states in recent years, offer small-town hospitals an alternative to selling to large hospital systems and forfeiting local autonomy. …
Healthcare advocate warns that many older individuals or those in higher-cost areas like rural America will pay not just hundreds, but thousands of dollars more for coverage
The Austin, Texas-based startup said new funding would allow it to expand its large-employer health plans and launch individual and family insurance plans
CMS official acknowledges that piecemeal approach to extensions is challenging for program operations and long-term planning
The coming changes in Medicaid will place health plans squarely between a rock and a hard place. Here’s how plans are bracing for change. The post Health Plan Leaders Reveal Underreported Medicaid Challenges, Anticipated Risks, and Solutions appeared first on MedCity News.
Los republicanos insisten en que los recortes del presidente Donald Trump a Medicaid buscaban reducir el fraude y poner a trabajar a más adultos beneficiarios del programa. Pero los efectos secundarios pueden incluir menos atención médica para niños enfermos. Algunos hospitales infantiles podrían perder miles de millones de dólares en ingresos una vez que se…
Instead of creating new opportunities, traditional EMRs are constraining AI’s potential in healthcare. The post Why Traditional EMRs Are Holding Healthcare Back appeared first on MedCity News.
Hasta hace unos años, cualquier indicio de piojos solía ser suficiente para que mandaran al estudiante de vuelta a casa. Recién se le permitía regresar a la escuela cuando tenía la cabeza libre de bichitos. Pero las normas de “cero liendres” fueron reemplazadas por otras de “no exclusión”, que priorizan la asistencia a clase por…
This policy watch examines state-by-state school vaccine requirements and exemptions, including recent policy changes to them and the extent to which they may affect vaccination rates.
This policy watch examines state-by-state school vaccine requirements and exemptions, including recent policy changes to them and the extent to which they may affect vaccination rates.