The biggest supermoon of this year will be rising tonight — the “Buck Supermoon” — so not only will the night sky be shinier, but the moon will also be ever so slightly closer to us. In health news, the Biden administration is reminding pharmacists they can’t refuse to fill prescriptions for contraception or abortion medications. Welcome to Overnight […]
If you’ve turned on the evening news, read a newspaper headline, or skimmed TikTok on your phone, you know that the nursing crisis is being felt everywhere. It’s easy to think that all hope is lost, but it’s actually one of the best times to be a nurse. Despite the current strain on our nation’s healthcare system and the immense […]
Molina Healthcare plans to acquire a Medicaid managed care organization in Wisconsin for about $150 million, the insurer said Wednesday. Under terms of the agreement, Long Beach, California-based Molina said it will purchase substantially all the assets of My Choice Wisconsin. Molina plans to fund the transaction with cash on hand and expects it to close later this year. Molina […]
Evolving Expectations for Networking in Senior Care Having an upgraded network infrastructure to better support residents or patients allows them to maintain their independence and stay connected with their loved ones anywhere, anytime, on any device. For example, during the pandemic, when visiting was not allowed, video calls were a much-needed service for residents and patients longing to stay connected […]
CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) is one of the most influential health care entities in the United States. It having the health insurance giant Aetna underneath its umbrella is no small part of that. As some of the larger retailers in the U.S. have gotten further into home-based care – including Walgreens Boots Alliance (Nasdaq: WBA), Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Amazon (Nasdaq: […]
The pandemic has spawned seriously negative mental health implications for people of all ages, especially children and teens. Brightline, a telehealth company that provides pediatric mental health care, was working to increase access to mental health services for children and teens before the pandemic took hold, but now the startup is gaining more attention from health systems as their emergency […]
Health Tech I was at the AHIP conference in Vegas late last month and caught up with a number of CEOs & execs for some quick bite interviews — around 5 mins getting (I hope) to the gist of what they & their companies are up to. I am dribbling them out–Matthew Holt Next is Julia Kastner, CPO & Chris […]
You don’t know what you don’t know. And for home-based care providers working toward accreditation from The Joint Commission, manually pulling, organizing and analyzing your own data makes it very difficult to gain a complete picture of your organization. Also missing is a clear and complete picture of your peers and competitors. The Joint Commission, which offers home-based care providers […]
The Biden administration on Wednesday said retail pharmacies and pharmacists must provide patients with the medication they were legally prescribed even if it could be used in an abortion. The guidance to about 60,000 retail pharmacies from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) comes amid reports of pharmacists turning away women seeking abortion medication, or even medication used […]
Skyrocketing medical bills and a lack of understanding in the healthcare system is putting financial stress on Americans in 2022, several recent reports have found. Despite the No Surprises Act, which protects consumers from surprise billing, many Americans said they’re still receiving unexpected bills, and a low healthcare literacy is making it difficult for them to know how to […]